Preferred Name |
vitamin A |
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Synonyms |
vitamin A vitamer vitamins A vitamin A vitamers vitamin-A |
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Definitions |
Any member of a group of fat-soluble retinoids produced via metabolism of provitamin A carotenoids that exhibit biological activity against vitamin A deficiency. Vitamin A is involved in immune function, vision, reproduction, and cellular communication. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_12777 |
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database_cross_reference |
MeSH:D014801 SNOMEDCT:82622003 Wikipedia:Vitamin_A MetaCyc:Vitamin-A |
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definition |
Any member of a group of fat-soluble retinoids produced via metabolism of provitamin A carotenoids that exhibit biological activity against vitamin A deficiency. Vitamin A is involved in immune function, vision, reproduction, and cellular communication. |
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has_obo_namespace |
chebi_ontology |
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has_related_synonym |
vitamin A vitamer vitamins A vitamin A vitamers vitamin-A |
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has_role | ||
id |
CHEBI:12777 |
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in_subset | ||
label |
vitamin A |
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notation |
CHEBI:12777 |
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prefLabel |
vitamin A |
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subClassOf |