RETINOL
\ɹˈɛtɪnˌɒl], \ɹˈɛtɪnˌɒl], \ɹ_ˈɛ_t_ɪ_n_ˌɒ_l]\
Definitions of RETINOL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
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an unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene
By Princeton University
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an unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene
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By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
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Retinol and derivatives of retinol that play an essential role in metabolic functioning of the retina, the growth of and differentiation of epithelial tissue, the growth of bone, reproduction, and the immune response. Dietary vitamin A is derived from a variety of CAROTENOIDS found in plants. It is enriched in the liver, egg yolks, and the fat component of dairy products.
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By Thomas Davidson
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A hydrocarbon, C32H16, obtainable from rosin : solvent.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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