Vitamin E

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 913-938

  Bramley, P M ^a   Elmadfa, I ^b   Kafatos, A ^c   Kelly, F J ^d   Manios, Y ^c   Roxborough, H E ^d   Schuch, W ^e   Sheehy, P J A ^f   Wagner, K H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Biosynthesis; Effects; Genetic manipulation; Levels; Nutrition; Processing; Review; Sources; Tocopherols; Toxicity; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FOOD PROCESSING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT; PLANT BREEDING; TOCOPHEROL;

EID: 0034658306     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(20000515)80:7<913::AID-JSFA600>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Review

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