Example sentences for: retinol

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  • Several enzymes, including isoforms of alcohol dehydrogenase, ALDH, and cytochrome P450 (CYP), recently have been shown to be involved in the formation of retinoic acid from retinol and retinal [ 7 8 ] . The purification, cloning, and characterization of several ALDH enzymes which efficiently catalyze the oxidation of retinal (Figure 1A) has suggested that regulation of retinoic acid formation could be a key physiologic role for these enzymes.

  • There was no difference between the cases and controls in antioxidants intake (retinol in μg/day, β-carotene in μg/day, α-carotene in μg/day, lycopene in μg/day, α-tocopherol in mg/day, and vitamin C in mg/day).

  • Vitamin A (retinol) is the prototype of a class of natural and synthetic chemical compounds named the retinoids.

  • The presence of orthologs in plants suggests that even plants may process retinol or related compounds similar to those in animals.

  • In vertebrates the enzyme has an important role in the storage and mobilization of retinol (vitamin A) as esters in peripheral tissues and for generating an intermediate in the synthesis of the rhodopsin chromophore in the visual tissues [ 27].


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