Tocotrienols: Vitamin E beyond tocopherols

Life Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2088-2098

  Sen, Chandan K ^a   Khanna, Savita ^a   Roy, Sashwati ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Neuroprotection; Nutrient; Redox; Supplement

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; ARACHIDONATE 12 LIPOXYGENASE; DELTA TOCOTRIENOL; GAMMA TOCOTRIENOL; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PALM OIL; PEROXY RADICAL; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN KINASE P60; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4; THROMBOXANE B2; TOCOPHEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARABIDOPSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYSAUTONOMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER TUMOR; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; TOCOTRIENOLS; VITAMIN E;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 33644891347     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.12.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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