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Chapter-36 Fat Soluble Vitamins (A, D, E, K)

BOOK TITLE: Textbook of Biochemistry for Medical Students

Author
1. Vasudevan DM
2. S Sreekumari
3. Vaidyanathan Kannan
ISBN
9789350905302
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/12017_36
Edition
7/e
Publishing Year
2013
Pages
16
Author Affiliations
1. Faculty of Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, (Amrita University), Kochi, Kerala, Formerly Principal, College of Medicine, Amrita, Kerala; Formerly, Dean, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok, Sikkim, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), Cochin, Kerala, E-mail: dmvasudevan@aims.amrita.edu, PG Programs and Research College of Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India, College of Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India; Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok, Sikkim, India
2. Jubilee Mission Medical College, Trissur, Kerala, Sree Gokulam Medical College and Research Foundation, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala, India, Government Medical College, Thrissur and Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India; Sree Gokulam Medical College and Research Foundation, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India; Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala, India
3. Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Thiruvalla, Kerala, India, Believers Church Medical College and Hospital, Thiruvalla, Kerala, India
Chapter keywords
Fat soluble vitamin, Vitamin A, beta carotene, retinoid, retinol, retinal, retinoic acid, all trans retinal, 11 cis retinal, retinol binding protein, Wald, visual cycle, rhodopsin, opsin, transducin, retinal isomerase, dark adaptation, rods, cones, conopsin, color blindness, night blindness, xerophthalmia, Bitot’s spot, keratomalacia, hypervitaminosis A, vitamin D, cholecalciferol, sunshine vitamin, ergocalciferol, calcitriol, rickets, osteomalacia, hypervitaminosis D, vitamin E, selenium, glutathione peroxidase, hypervitaminosis E, vitamin K, prothrombin time, hypervitaminosis K.

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