ANATOMY
HEPATOBILIARY
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Question
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of which vitamin is stored in the liver
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Vitamin A
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Vitamin B
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Vitamin C
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Vitamin D
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that is stored in the liver. There are two types of vitamin A that are found in the diet. Preformed vitamin A is found in animal products such as meat, fish, poultry, and dairy foods.
Detailed explanation-2: -Newly absorbed vitamin A is stored in the liver as retinyl esters. Storage involves both the hepatic parenchymal cells and the nonparenchymal stellate cells. Vitamin A is mobilized from liver stores and transported in plasma as retinol bound to a specific transport protein, retinol-binding protein (RBP).
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