On the 'discovery' of vitamin a

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 192-198

  Semba, Richard D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Discovery; Isolation; Synthesis; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; RETINOL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CATERING SERVICE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEA ULCER; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FRANCE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUNGER; IMMUNITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; AVITAMINOSIS; BUTTER; DIETARY FATS; DOGS; EGG YOLK; FATS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MILK; MODELS, ANIMAL; PARIS; PLANT OILS; RATS; VITAMIN A; WISCONSIN;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LINARIA VULGARIS; RATTUS;

EID: 84870325412     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343124     Document Type: Review

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