On the ‘Discovery’ of Vitamin A

Vitamin A is essential for normal growth, reproduction, immunity, and vision. The characterization of vitamin A spanned a period of about 130 years. During this long, incremental process, there is no single event that can be called the ‘discovery’ of vitamin A. The physiologist François Magendie con...

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Published in:	Annals of nutrition and metabolism Vol. 61; no. 3; pp. 192 - 198
Main Author:	Semba, Richard D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.01.2012
Subjects:	Animals Avitaminosis - drug therapy Butter - analysis Dietary Fats - analysis Dogs Egg Yolk - chemistry Fats - analysis Fats - chemistry History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Humans Milk Milk - chemistry Models, Animal Nutrition research Nutritive value Olive Oil Paris Plant Oils - chemistry Rats Science history Vitamin A Vitamin A - chemistry Vitamin A - history Vitamin A - pharmacology Vitamin deficiency Wisconsin Discovery Vitamin A Isolation Synthesis Crystallization
ISBN:	3318022888, 9783318022889
ISSN:	0250-6807, 1421-9697, 1421-9697
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