The 80th anniversary of vitamin E: Beyond its antioxidant properties

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 383, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 457-465

  Ricciarelli, Roberta ^a   Zingg, Jean Marc ^a   Azzi, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Atherosclerosis; Tocopherol; Vitamin E deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CELL ENZYME; CELL PROTEIN; SCAVENGER;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MALE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION;

EID: 0036244669     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2002.048     Document Type: Review

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