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Carotenosis and Retinol

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Difference between Carotenosis and Retinol

Carotenosis vs. Retinol

An excess of dietary carotenoids may cause a marked orange discoloration of the outermost skin layer. Retinol, also known as Vitamin A1, is a vitamin found in food and used as a dietary supplement.

Similarities between Carotenosis and Retinol

Carotenosis and Retinol have 8 things in common (in Unionpedia): Butter, Carotene, Carotenoid, Cheese, Egg as food, Gastrointestinal tract, Liver, Vitamin A.

Butter

Butter is a dairy product containing up to 80% butterfat (in commercial products) which is solid when chilled and at room temperature in some regions and liquid when warmed.

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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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Carotenoid

Carotenoids, also called tetraterpenoids, are organic pigments that are produced by plants and algae, as well as several bacteria and fungi.

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Cheese

Cheese is a dairy product derived from milk that is produced in a wide range of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein.

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Egg as food

Eggs are laid by female animals of many different species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, mammals, and fish, and have been eaten by humans for thousands of years.

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Gastrointestinal tract

The gastrointestinal tract (digestive tract, digestional tract, GI tract, GIT, gut, or alimentary canal) is an organ system within humans and other animals which takes in food, digests it to extract and absorb energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste as feces.

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Liver

The liver, an organ only found in vertebrates, detoxifies various metabolites, synthesizes proteins, and produces biochemicals necessary for digestion.

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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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Carotenosis and Retinol Comparison

Carotenosis has 72 relations, while Retinol has 111. As they have in common 8, the Jaccard index is 4.37% = 8 / (72 + 111).

References

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