title: [Microspectrophotometric research on the rhodopsin and carotenoid content of the retinal visual cells of hens maintained on a vitamin A-deficient diet].
abstract: Using microspectrophotometry, a study was made of the retina of adult hens, that had been kept on a diet for 6.5 months with deficiency of vitamin A. It has been shown that despite an expressed drop of quantity of vitamin A in the liver, in the external segments of the retina rods in A-avitaminosis hens, the concentration of rhodopsin remains normal.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000032:analysis*; D002645:Chickens; D005260:Female; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis; D012160:Retina / Q000032:analysis*; D012168:Retinal Pigments / Q000032:analysis*; D012243:Rhodopsin / Q000032:analysis*; D012374:Rod Cell Outer Segment / Q000032:analysis; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013997:Time Factors; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000032:analysis; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012168:Retinal Pigments; D014801:Vitamin A; D002338:Carotenoids; D012243:Rhodopsin
vernacular_title: Mikrospektrofotometricheskoe issledovanie soderzhaniia rodopsina i karotinoidov v zritel'nykh kletkakh setchatki kur, soderzhavshikhsia na diete s defitsitom vitamina A.