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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: vitamin A1
vitamin A1
n : an unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils
and is synthesized biologically from carotene [syn:
retinol]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: vitamin A1
Retinol
\Ret"i*nol\, n. [Gr. ??? resin + L. oleum oil.]
1. (Chem.) A hydrocarbon oil
C32H16, obtained by the
distillation of resin, -- used as a solvent, as an
antiseptic, and in printer's ink.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. One of the compounds which function as vitamin A. Called
also
vitamin A,
vitamin A1 and
vitamin A alcohol.
See
vitamin A1.
[PJC]
vitamin A1
\vitamin A1\ n.
retinol (
C20H30O), one of the substances also called
vitamin A. It is also called more specifically
vitamin A alcohol
. It is a required factor for human nutrition. The
USP unit of activity is equal to 0.30 micrograms of retinol.
Syn: retinol.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
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