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dehydroretinol

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dehydroretinol /de·hy·dro·ret·i·nol/ (-ret´ĭ-nol) vitamin A2, a form of vitamin A found with retinol (vitamin A1) in freshwater fish; it has one more conjugated double bond than retinol and approximately one-third its biological activity.
dehydroretinol [de-hi″dro-ret´ĭ-nol]
vitamin A2, the form of vitamin A found in the retina and liver of fresh-water fishes and certain invertebrates and amphibians; it differs from retinol (vitamin A1) in having one more conjugated double bond and has approximately one third the biological activity of retinol. See also vitamin.

dehydroretinol
vitamin A2, the form, C20H28O, of vitamin A found in the retina and liver of freshwater fishes and certain invertebrates and amphibians; it differs from retinol (vitamin A1) in having one more conjugated double bond and has approximately one-third the biological activity of retinol. Called also retinol2.


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