"Tocotrienols" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Natural analogs of TOCOPHEROLS exhibiting antioxidant activity. These tocol derivatives and isomers contain a benzopyran ring and an unsaturated isoprenoid side chain.
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D024508
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.663.283.909.875 D03.633.100.150.909.875
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tocotrienols" by people in Profiles.
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Tocotrienol vitamin E protects against preclinical canine ischemic stroke by inducing arteriogenesis. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2011 Nov; 31(11):2218-30.
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Influence of major structural features of tocopherols and tocotrienols on their omega-oxidation by tocopherol-omega-hydroxylase. J Lipid Res. 2007 May; 48(5):1090-8.
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Long-chain carboxychromanols are the major metabolites of tocopherols and tocotrienols in A549 lung epithelial cells but not HepG2 cells. J Nutr. 2005 Feb; 135(2):227-32.
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Vitamin E exhibits concentration- and vitamer-dependent impairment of microsomal enzyme activities. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2004 Dec; 1031:376-7.
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Discovery, characterization, and significance of the cytochrome P450 omega-hydroxylase pathway of vitamin E catabolism. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2004 Dec; 1031:13-21.