PHYSIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

By ROBERT WHITE

1 Carotenoids and Retinoids: Nomenclature, Chemistry, and Analysis 1 2 Functions of Intracellular Retinoid Binding-Proteins 21 3 Vitamin A Transport and Cell Signaling by the Retinol- Binding Protein Receptor STRA6 77 4 Vitamin A Absorption, Storage and Mobilization 95 5 Retinoic Acid Synthesis and Degradation 127 6 Cellular Retinoic Acid Binding Proteins: Genomic and Non-genomic Functions and their Regulation 163 7 Non-classical Transcriptional Activity of Retinoic Acid 179 8 Vitamin A as PKC Co-factor and Regulator of Mitochondrial Energetics 201