Vitamin E Biotransformation in Humans

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 76, Issue , 2007, Pages 263-280

  Galli, Francesco ^a   Cristina Polidori, M ^b   Stahl, Wilhelm ^b   Mecocci, Patrizia ^a   Kelly, Frank J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; HUMANS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 34347374255     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(07)76009-0     Document Type: Review

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