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Retinol (Vitamin A) Vitamins are nutrients required for essential metabolic reactions in the body [1]. Vitamins can act both as catalysts and participants in the chemical reaction. The body typically assembles vitamin-dependent catalysts from a variety of building blocks including amino acids, sugars, phosphates, and vitamins. Each vitamin is typically used in multiple different catalysts and therefore has multiple functions[2]. The role of a catalyst is to participate in a chemical re ...
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Vitamins Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.aap.org/
- Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR) http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/index.html
- National Library of Medicine, NIH, HHS http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, OPHS, HHS http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/
- National Institute on Aging Information Center, NIA, NIH, HHS http://www.nia.nih.gov
- Iowa Women's Health Center, University of Iowa
- Office of Women's Health, OEA, FDA, HHS http://www.fda.gov/womens/default.htm
- Office of Dietary Supplements http://ods.od.nih.gov
- National Eye Institute, NIH, HHS http://www.nei.nih.gov/
- Vanderbilt University http://www.vanderbilt.edu/
- Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, NIH, HHS http://www.cc.nih.gov/
- National Library of Medicine Office of Public Information http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
- The Diet Channel http://www.thedietchannel.com
Resources
- Annual Bibliography of Significant Advances in Dietary Supplement Research (Office of Dietary Supplements)
- Antioxidant Vitamins and Zinc Reduce Risk of Vision Loss from Age-Related Macular Degeneration--Same Nutrients Have No Effect on the Development of Cataract (National Eye Institute, NIH, HHS)
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