Vitamin A and Retinoids as Mitochondrial Toxicants

Table 4

Clinical utilization of vitamin A and retinoids.

Retinoid	Utilization	Reference
Various	Prevention of infectious diseases	[4]
Retinol palmitate	Treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia	[5, 7]
Retinol palmitate	Treatment of acute nonlymphocytic leukemia	[6]
Various	Weight gain therapy in preterm infants	[10]
Retinol palmitate/acetate	Immunotherapy (with vaccination)	[11]
Isotretinoin	Acne therapy	[119–124]
Various	Antioxidant therapy, increased longevity (supplements)	[125–127]
Retinyl esters	Treatment of infants born from HIV-positive women (immunodeficiency therapy)	[128]
Various	Antioxidant therapy in heart disease	[16]
Various	Utilization in general dermatology	[129]