title: Provitamin A activities and physiological functions of carotenoids in animals. Relevance to human health.
authors.affiliation: F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weiser
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Kormann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002645:Chickens; D004848:Epithelium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000201:enzymology; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D014975:Lutein / Q000494:pharmacology; D000077276:Lycopene; D010052:Ovariectomy; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014621:Vagina / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D024341:Xanthophylls; D065146:Zeaxanthins; D019207:beta Carotene; D050559:beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase
chemical_list: C493357:Bco1 protein, rat; D024341:Xanthophylls; D065146:Zeaxanthins; D019207:beta Carotene; D014801:Vitamin A; D002338:Carotenoids; D010105:Oxygenases; C493358:BCO1 protein, human; D050559:beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase; D000077276:Lycopene; D014975:Lutein