vitamin A compound

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-017515",
  "term": "vitamin A compound",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A compound containing vitamin A, a natural, fat-soluble vitamin that plays a vital role in a variety of physiologic processes including immune function, vision, reproduction, and cellular growth and differentiation. Upon administration, the various forms of vitamin A are solubilized into micelles in the intestinal lumen and absorbed by duodenal mucosal cells.",
  "synonyms": [
    "vitamin A1",
    "Biosterol",
    "Oleovitamin A",
    "antixerophthalmic vitamin",
    "Ophthalamin",
    "Vitaminum A",
    "anti-infective vitamin",
    "Axerophtholum",
    "Axerophthol",
    "vitamin A USP",
    "Lard-Factor",
    "vitamin A alcohol"
  ],
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/vitamin-a-compound/"
}