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Medical AI Inquiry: You were designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.
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Vitamin A is stored mainly as retinol esters in
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The correct answer is  retinal is reduced to retinol by retinal reductase in the intestinal mucosa intestine is the major site of absorption vitamin is transpoed and stored in the liver as retinol palmitate ref DM Vasudevan 8th ed page 454