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- Title
An update on vitamin E, tocopherol and tocotrienol-perspectives.
- Authors
Colombo, Maria Laura
- Abstract
Vitamin E, like tocotrienols and tocopherols, is constituted of compounds essential for animal cells. Vitamin E is exclusively synthesized by photosynthetic eukaryotes and other oxygenic photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria. In order to prevent lipid oxidation, the plants mainly accumulate tocochromanols in oily seeds and fruits or in young tissues undergoing active cell divisions. From a health point of view, at the moment there is a great interest in the natural forms of tocochromanols, because they are considered promising compounds able to maintain a healthy cardiovascular system and satisfactory blood cholesterol levels. Some evidence suggests that the potency of the antioxidant effects may differ between natural or synthetic source of tocochromanols (vitamin E).
- Publication
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2010, Vol 15, Issue 4, p2103
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules15042103