Category Archives: Tocopherols

The Best Antioxidant for Your Brain?

The human brain is composed of a high concentration of lipids, many of which are phospholipids and their derivatives. Diets rich in essential fatty acids improve brain function and efficiency. However, the essential fatty acids are polyunsaturated, and this increases … Continue reading

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The Absorption of Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an essential substance for humans but having vitamin E in the diet does not guarantee that a deficiency will not develop. For vitamin E to act in its vitamin E role it must be absorbed and this … Continue reading

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Is There A Specific Role for Gamma Tocopherol

There are 8 isoforms of vitamin E with gamma tocopherol being one of them. Like all forms of vitamin E, gamma tocopherol possesses lipid peroxidation preventing properties on account of its antioxidant effects. In particular, gamma tocopherol accumulates in cell … Continue reading

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The Bioavailability of Tocotrienols

Tocotrienols are an important form of vitamin E that may have certain health effects that differ from the other main form of vitamin E, the tocopherols. However, in order for tocotrienols to be effective and beneficial for the health, it … Continue reading

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The Benefits of Mixed Tocopherols

Tocopherols and tocotrienols are chemicals found in plants that share the activity of vitamin E. Vitamin E is therefore a group name for a number of phytochemicals with the physiological activity of the main tocopherol, that is alpha-tocopherol. Although these … Continue reading

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The Role of Vitamin E in Immunity

Vitamin E is best known for its role as a lipid soluble antioxidant in human nutrition. In this role, vitamin E protects lipid membranes from peroxidation and in this way protects the cells from damage. However, vitamin E also has … Continue reading

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Vitamin E Protects from Radiation

Ionising radiation is damaging to the human body because it has the potential to cause damage to DNA within cells and this can then lead to cell replication errors and cancer. There are many forms of radiation with gamma radiation … Continue reading

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Tocotrienols and DNA Damage

Vitamin E describes a group of vitamers that all display the same physiological activity as alpha-tocopherol, the main form of vitamin E in animals. Vitamin E is an important antioxidant because it is lipid soluble and plays a unique role … Continue reading

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Tocopherols: Interactions with Other Antioxidants

Tocopherols are lipid soluble antioxidants that play a role in the prevention of lipid peroxidation in tissues. The tocopherols are essential, and in that capacity they cannot be replaced in this role by other chemicals except the similarly structured by … Continue reading

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Tocotrienols in Foods

Tocotrienols are isomers of vitamin E that share activity with alpha tocopherol, the main form of vitamin E in green plants. Tocotrienols are essential for health and it has been shown that they have overlapping health effects with that of … Continue reading

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