Chemical Reactivities and Physical Effects in Comparison between Tocopherols and Tocotrienols: Physiological Significance and Prospects as Antioxidants

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 439-445

  Yoshida, Yasukazu ^a   Saito, Yoshiro ^a   Jones, Leslie Sargent ^b   Shigeri, Yasushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

antioxidant; free radical; lipid peroxidation; tocopherol; tocotrienol

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIVITY; DERIVATIVES; METAL IONS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCAVENGING; TOXICITY;

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; TOCOPHEROL; TOCOTRIENOL;

VITAMINS;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA TOCOPHEROL; DELTA TOCOPHEROL; FREE RADICAL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; LIPOSOME; METAL ION; SCAVENGER; TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEMBRANE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOCOPHEROLS; TOCOTRIENOLS;

EID: 38149007776     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.104.439     Document Type: Article

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