Vitamin A and β-Carotene Concentrations at Different Depths of the Epidermis: A Preliminary Study in the Cow Snout

Vitamin A (retinol) is an anti-keratinizing agent essential for normal epithelial differentiation. In order to examine the epidermal distribution of vitamin A and provitamin A (β-carotene), we took advantage of the extraordinarily thick snout epidermis of the cow which can be cut horizontally into a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Upsala journal of medical sciences 1987, Vol.92 (3), p.253-257
Hauptverfasser:	Vahlquist, Anders, Stenström, Eva, Törmä, Hans
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals beta Carotene Carotenoids - analysis Cattle Epidermis - analysis Keratins Nose - cytology Vitamin A - analysis
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