title: Metabolism of dehydroretinyl ester in White Leghorn chicks.
abstract: 1. The metabolism of dehydroretinyl ester has been studied in vitamin-A-deficient white leghorn chicks. Dehydroretinyl ester was metabolized to 3-hydroxyretinol diester, 3-hydroxyanhydroretinol and rehydrovitamin A2 which were isolated from the intestines and livers of chicks. 2. The metabolism of 3-hydroxyretinol diester and 3-hydroxyanhydroretinol, which were immediate metabolites of dehydroretinol, was studied in chicks. 3. Retinol was not detected in these experiments.
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of Gauhati, India.
authors: B C
authors: BC
authors: Goswami
authors: A B
authors: AB
authors: Barua
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism*; D002645:Chickens / Q000378:metabolism*; D004952:Esters / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D012016:Reference Values; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004952:Esters; C024366:vitamin A2; D014801:Vitamin A; C015943:3-hydroxyretinol; C019258:anhydrovitamin A(2)