Background: Strategies for improving the vitamin A status of vulnerable populations are
needed. Objective: We studied the influence of the amounts of dietary fat on the …

Following a request from the European Commission, the Panel on Dietetic Products,
Nutrition and Allergies derived Dietary Reference Values for vitamin A. The Panel …

Traditionally, the carotenoids and retinoids have been regarded as dietary sources of
vitamin A and have been evaluated regarding their respective physiologic roles in vision …

Vitamin A deficiency is a major global public health problem. Among the variety of
techniques that are available for assessing human vitamin A status, evaluating the …

Increasing evidence suggests that beta-carotene, retinol (vitamin A), and alpha-tocopheral
(vitamin E) may have important protective effects in the lung. However, surprisingly little is …

The contents of retinol and retinyl esters as well as retinol-binding protein (RBP) in the
plasma, urine, liver and kidneys of dogs, raccoon dogs and silver foxes were investigated. In …

Of 26 patients hospitalized with mild to moderate alcohol-associated cirrhosis, 14 had dark-
adaptation abnormalities consistent with marginal vitamin-A status. The response of dark …

Concerns regarding the frequency of toxicity associated with hypervitaminosis A are
increasing in view of the rising popularity of vitamin A supplementation intended to correct …

Vitamin A, one of the fat-soluble vitamins, differs from the other vitamins in many ways: It was
the first vitamin to be discovered, and it has a multiplicity of different functions—in vision, in …

Background Nicaragua initiated a national program of vitamin A fortification of its domestic
sugar supply starting with the 1999-2000 sugarcane harvest. Objective This study was …