Table 3.

Concentrations of retinol and retinyl esters in plasma and lungs of control, VAD, and VAD + RA rats.

	Control	VAD	VAD + RA
Plasma (μM)
All-trans retinol	1.46 ± 0.26	0.06 ± 0.01 ****	0.05 ± 0.01 ****
All-trans retinyl esters	ND	ND	ND
Lung (nmol/g of tissue)
All-trans retinol	1.40 ± 0.25	0.04 ± 0.01 ****	0.05 ± 0.01 ****
All-trans retinyl esters	2.66 ± 0.35	0.007 ± 0.02 ****	0.05 ± 0.03 ****

Values are expressed as mean ± S.D (n = 6); **** p < 0.0001 vs. control group.