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What does International Units or I.U. mean?

Last Updated: March 04, 2008

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Commonly vitamin A requirements are expressed as I.U. (International Units) or sometimes referred to as USP units. These are the standard units of potency of a biologic, such as a vitamin, as defined by the International Conference for Unification of Formulae.

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