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CHROMATOGRAPHIC separation on alumina was applied to the separate estimation of vitamin A alcohol and its esters in extracts from human serum. It was found in eleven normal subjects that 10–17 percent of the total vitamin A is present in the form of esters.
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HOCH, H. State of Vitamin A in Human Serum. Nature 158, 59 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158059c0
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