'vitamin A1' definitions:
Definition of 'vitamin A1'
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noun
An unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene [syn: vitamin A1, retinol]
Definition of 'vitamin A1'
From: GCIDE
- Retinol \Ret"i*nol\, n. [Gr. ??? resin + L. oleum oil.]
- 1. (Chem.) A hydrocarbon oil C32H16, obtained by the distillation of resin, -- used as a solvent, as an antiseptic, and in printer's ink. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 2. One of the compounds which function as vitamin A. Called also vitamin A, vitamin A1 and vitamin A alcohol. See vitamin A1. [PJC]
Definition of 'vitamin A1'
From: GCIDE