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vitamin A

vitamin, class of molecules with related biological function
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Summary

vitamin An is a group of chemical entities[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of group of chemical entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,740 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Marguerite Davis[3]
  • Subclass of: fat-soluble vitamin[4], retinoid[5]
  • Part of: vitamin A metabolic process[6], cellular response to vitamin A[7], vitamin An import[8], response to vitamin A[9], vitamin A biosynthetic process[10], vitamin A transport[11]
  • Commons category: Vitamin A[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Vitamin A[13]
  • Subject has role: free radical scavengers[14], vitamin[15]
  • Active ingredient in: Aquasol A[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[17]

Why It Matters

vitamin A has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). vitamin A. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/vitamin-a
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_vitamin-a_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{vitamin A}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/vitamin-a}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · Artoria2e5 · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → fat-soluble vitamin, retinoid
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Subclass of: fat-soluble vitamin"
  2. 17w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Described at url → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 17998, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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