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vitamin E metabolic process

Known as: tocopherol metabolic process, tocopherol metabolism, vitamin E metabolism 
The chemical reactions and pathways involving vitamin E, tocopherol, which includes a series of eight structurally similar compounds. Alpha… 
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Disruption of Mouse Cytochrome P450 4f14 (Cyp4f14 Gene) Causes Severe Perturbations in Vitamin E Metabolism*
Background: Human CYP4F2 metabolizes vitamin E, but its role in vivo is unknown. Results: Disruption of Cyp4f14, a murine… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Metabolomics reveals a novel vitamin E metabolite and attenuated vitamin E metabolism upon PXR activation Published, JLR Papers in Press, January 20, 2009.
Pregnane X receptor (PXR) is an important nuclear receptor xenosensor that regulates the expression of metabolic enzymes and… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Antioxidants derived from vitamin E: an overview.
Alpha-tocopherol is a very well-known potent antioxidant and radical scavenger in chemical and biological systems. Its structure… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Vitamin E metabolism.
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Alpha-tocopherol regulation of hepatic cytochrome P450s and ABC transporters in rats.
Review
2004
Review
2004
Cellular mechanisms of vitamin E uptake: relevance in alpha-tocopherol metabolism and potential implications for disease.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Alpha and gamma tocopherol metabolism in healthy subjects and patients with end-stage renal disease.
BACKGROUND The metabolism of alpha and gamma tocopherol, the major components of vitamin E, have not been studied in uremic… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Alpha-tocopherol metabolism is abnormal in scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI)-deficient mice.
Despite the physiologic importance of vitamin E, in particular its alpha-tocopherol (alpha-T) isoform, the molecular mechanisms… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Dietary sesame seed and its lignans inhibit 2,7,8-trimethyl- 2(2'-carboxyethyl)-6-hydroxychroman excretion into urine of rats fed gamma-tocopherol.
We showed previously that dietary sesame seed and its lignans elevate the tocopherol concentration in rats. To clarify their… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Vitamin E and neurologic function in man.
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