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Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2013 Dec 13;111(8):1373–1381. doi: 10.1017/S0007114513003851

Table 4.

Total retinol and α-retinol in rat liver, kidney, and serum after given 3.5 µmolα-retinyl acetate/day for 21 days. All groups were fed a vitamin A-deficient diet for 3 weeks. Rats were killed on d 1, 8, and 15 after the final dose. Control rats were given cottonseed oil alone^*

Time	Control				Day 1				Day 8				Day 15
	ROH		αR		ROH		αR		ROH		αR		ROH		αR
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Liver (nmol/g)	1·47	1·11^c	2·1	3·64^c	24·5	7·57^a	2300	227^a	18·8	6·45^b	1750	208^b	20·4	4·08^ab	1770	150^b
Kidney (nmol/g)	6·88	4·32^a	0·31	0·20^b	7·00	4·69^a	3·96	2·08^a	2·31	0·51^b	1·99	0·37^b	2·85	0·50^ab	1·83	0·39^b
Serum, alcohol form (µmol/l)	0·81	0·39^a	0·01	0·02^c	0·67	0·05^a	0·05	0·01^b	0·58	0·14^a	0·07	0·02^a	0·71	0·11^a	0·08	0·01^a
Serum, ester form (µmol/l)	ND²		ND		ND		0·08	0·01^b	ND		0·10	0.01^ab	ND		0·11	0·02^a

αR, α-retinol; ROH, retinol.

Data represent mean(SD), n 5 for rats for d 1, 8, and 15 timepoints, and n 3 for the control group.

Superscript letters within each row indicate a difference (P < 0.05) in concentration of retinol or α-retinol (αR) between timepoints.

^†

ND, not detected.