• Bagmita Bhagawati
• Bhabesh Chandra Goswami

Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD) is very often considered to be global problem in very small children both in urban and rural areas of many developing countries. Provitamin A carotenoids such as beta-carotene has the potentiality of converting to vitamin A. So, the present study is carried out to estimate beta- carotene concentrations in children with both VAD and in children whose vitamin A concentrations is normal using Liquid Chromatography.

Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD), Provitamin A carotenoids, beta-carotene, Liquid Chromatography.

"β-Carotene is significantly less in children with serum retinol < 20µg/dl", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.1111-1115, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812D59.pdf

"β-Carotene is significantly less in children with serum retinol < 20µg/dl", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp1111-1115, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812D59.pdf