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Beta-Carotene and International unit

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Difference between Beta-Carotene and International unit

Beta-Carotene vs. International unit

β-Carotene is an organic, strongly colored red-orange pigment abundant in plants and fruits. In pharmacology, the international unit is a unit of measurement for the amount of a substance; the mass or volume that constitutes one international unit varies based on which substance is being measured, and the variance is based on the biological activity or effect, for the purpose of easier comparison across substances.

Similarities between Beta-Carotene and International unit

Beta-Carotene and International unit have 5 things in common (in Unionpedia): Carotene, Retinol, Vitamin A, Vitamin E, World Health Organization.

Carotene

The term carotene (also carotin, from the Latin carota, "carrot") is used for many related unsaturated hydrocarbon substances having the formula C40Hx, which are synthesized by plants but in general cannot be made by animals (with the exception of some aphids and spider mites which acquired the synthesizing genes from fungi).

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Retinol

Retinol, also known as Vitamin A1, is a vitamin found in food and used as a dietary supplement.

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Vitamin A

Vitamin A is a group of unsaturated nutritional organic compounds that includes retinol, retinal, retinoic acid, and several provitamin A carotenoids (most notably beta-carotene).

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Vitamin E

Vitamin E is a group of eight compounds that include four tocopherols and four tocotrienols.

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World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO; French: Organisation mondiale de la santé) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.

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Beta-Carotene and International unit Comparison

Beta-Carotene has 80 relations, while International unit has 39. As they have in common 5, the Jaccard index is 4.20% = 5 / (80 + 39).

References

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