(Q21116861)
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vitamin A biosynthetic process
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of any of the vitamin A compounds, retinol, retinal (retinaldehyde) and retinoic acid. Animals cannot synthesize vitamin A de novo, but form it through oxidative cleavage of carotenoids.
- vitamin A biosynthesis
- vitamin A formation
- vitamin A synthesis
- vitamin A anabolism
- GO:0035238
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