• DOI:10.1007/BF03179812
Corpus ID: 7272312

Vitamin E: action, metabolism and perspectives

@article{Herrera2010VitaminEA,
  title={Vitamin E: action, metabolism and perspectives},
  author={E. Herrera and C. Barbas},
  journal={Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry},
  year={2010},
  volume={57},
  pages={43-56}
}

E. Herrera, C. Barbas

Published 2010

Chemistry, Medicine

Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry

Natural vitamin E includes four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. RRR-α-tocopherol is the most abundant form in nature and has the highest biological activity. Although vitamin E is the main lipid-soluble antioxidant in the body, not all its properties can be assigned to this action. As antioxidant, vitamin E acts in cell membranes where prevents the propagation of free radical reactions, although it has been also shown to have pro-oxidant activity. Non-radical oxidation products are formed by… CONTINUE READING

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