Dental Education & Problems Solution

Vitamin -A  occure in the animal tissue in the from of retinol  but in plant , it is  found as provitamin which is a yellow-red carotinoid  pigment and is converted into vitamin -a in the liver.

Animal  :-  Liver

                 Fish liver oil (cod liver oil, shark liver oil etc )

                 Flesh of the oily fish

                  Egg-yolk

                 Milk &

                 Milk products like butter , cheese, ghee etc.

         Plant :-
        Green leafy vegetable like  

                                               spinach

                                               pui shak.

                                               Lal shak

                                               Kalmi shak

                 Yellow or red vegetable or fruit like,

                                              Carrot

                                               Beet

                                              Pine-apple

                                              Pumkin 

                                             Sweet potato 

                                             Ripe papya

                                                   and

                                              Mango.

Daily Requirements :

                 5000 i.u adult.

                 6000-8000 i.u pregnancy and lactation 

             1.  It is an essential component of  rdopsin  and promotes cyclic resynthesis  of visul purple thus helps in night vision .

             2. It   is essential for growth and  also  maintains  the integrity   and activity of epithelial tissue and gland . 

            3. It is also essential for reproduction. 

           4. It helps in the maintenance of resistance to infection . 

           5. It plays stabilizing role on the normal permeability to lysosome and mitochondria.