"alpha-Tocopherol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A natural tocopherol and one of the most potent antioxidant tocopherols. It exhibits antioxidant activity by virtue of the phenolic hydrogen on the 2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol nucleus. It has four methyl groups on the 6-chromanol nucleus. The natural d form of alpha-tocopherol is more active than its synthetic dl-alpha-tocopherol racemic mixture.
| Descriptor ID |
D024502
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.663.283.909.750.249 D03.633.100.150.909.750.249
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| Concept/Terms |
alpha-Tocopherol- alpha-Tocopherol
- alpha Tocopherol
- 3,4-Dihydro-2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-2-(4,8,12-trimethyltridecyl)-2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol
alpha-Tocopherol Acetate- alpha-Tocopherol Acetate
- alpha Tocopherol Acetate
- Tocopheryl Acetate
- Tocopherol Acetate
- Acetate, Tocopherol
alpha-Tocopherol Succinate- alpha-Tocopherol Succinate
- alpha Tocopherol Succinate
- Tocopherol Succinate
- Succinate, Tocopherol
- alpha-Tocopherol Hemisuccinate
- alpha Tocopherol Hemisuccinate
d-alpha Tocopherol- d-alpha Tocopherol
- Tocopherol, d-alpha
- d alpha Tocopherol
- R,R,R-alpha-Tocopherol
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "alpha-Tocopherol" by people in Profiles.
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Assessment of the effect of esterified propoxylated glycerol (EPG) on the status of fat-soluble vitamins and select water-soluble nutrients following dietary administration to humans for 8 weeks. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2014 Dec; 70 Suppl 2:S143-57.
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Baseline comorbidities in a skin cancer prevention trial in Bangladesh. Eur J Clin Invest. 2013 Jun; 43(6):579-88.
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Chemoprevention of human actinic keratoses by topical DL-alpha-tocopherol. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2009 Apr; 2(4):394-400.
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Effects of L-ascorbic acid, alpha-tocopherol and co-culture on in vitro developmental potential of porcine cumulus cells free oocytes. Reprod Domest Anim. 2010 Feb; 45(1):19-25.
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Identification of tyrosine 79 in the tocopherol binding site of glutathione S-transferase pi. Biochemistry. 2006 Oct 17; 45(41):12491-9.
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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.