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Vitamin A Acetate

What is Vitamin A Acetate?

Vitamin A Acetate also known as retinyl acetate is a vitamin from the Vitamin A family.



History

In 1913, Elmer McCollum, a biochemist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and colleague Marguerite Davis identified a fat-soluble nutrient in butterfat and cod liver oil. Their work confirmed that of Thomas Osborne and Lafayette Mendel, at Yale, which suggested a fat-soluble nutrient in butterfat, also in 1913. Vitamin A was first synthesized in 1947 by two Dutch chemists, David Adriaan van Dorp and Jozef Ferdinand Arens. [1]

Other Ingredient Information

Products containing Vitamin A Acetate


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Source(s) Derived From

 Chemical (Synthetic) Sources

Natural or Artificial?

 Artificial

References
  1. Retinol - Wikipedia

Aliases (Also Known As)


 A Acetate
Retinyl Acetate
Retinylacetate

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  • Natural & Possibly Unsafe
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  • Artificial & Possibly Unsafe
  • Both (Can be derived from Natural & Artificial Sources)
  • Both (Can be derived from Natural & Artificial Sources) & Possibly Unsafe

Revision History

Action User Date/Time
Ingredient addedUPC Food SearchJanuary 1, 2009 @ 2:14 AM

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