Vitamin A
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vitamin-a-180-8349077
title:
Vitamin A
text:
Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that is an essential nutrient. The term "vitamin A" encompasses a group of chemically related organic compounds that includes retinol, retinyl esters, and several provitamin (precursor) carotenoids, most notably beta-carotene. Vitamin A has multiple functions: essential in embryo development for growth, maintaining the immune system, and healthy vision, where it combines with the protein opsin to form rhodopsin – the light-absorbing molecule necessary for both
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Essential nutrient
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_A
date created:
2002-05-29T18:58:56Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T21:45:09Z
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