Is methyl-branching in α-tocopherol's "tail" important for its in vivo activity? Rat curative myopathy bioassay measurements of the vitamin E activity of three 2RS-n-alkyl-2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-6-hydroxychromans

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 205-210

  Ingold, Keith U ^a   Burton, Graham W ^a   Foster, David O ^a   Hughes, Lise ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

2 n alkyl 2,5,7; 8 tetramethyl 6 hydroxychromans; Chain breaking antioxidant; Free radicals; Phytyl tail; Pyruvate kinase; Rat curative myopathy bioassay; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE; FREE RADICAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ACETATES; ANIMAL; CHROMANS; FREE RADICALS; MALE; PYRUVATE KINASE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0025007268     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-5849(90)90029-I     Document Type: Article

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