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Provitamin

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Noun

1. provitamin

vitamin precursor; a substance that is converted into a vitamin in animal tissues

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Provitamin

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noun
a substance, such as carotene, that is converted into a vitamin in animal tissues

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Provitamin

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noun
any ingested substance which can be converted to a vitamin within the organism

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Provitamin

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n.
A vitamin precursor that the body converts to its active form through normal metabolic processes. Carotene, for example, is a provitamin of vitamin A.

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