Gamma-tocopherol - An underestimated vitamin?

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 169-188

  Wagner, Karl Heinz ^a   Kamal Eldin, Afaf ^a,b   Elmadfa, Ibrahim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

tocopherol; tocopherol; Bioavailability antioxidant

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; INTERLEUKIN 1; MARGARINE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OIL; OXYGEN; VITAMIN;

ABSORPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; EUROPE; EXCRETION; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LIPOPHILICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHROMANS; GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PROPIONIC ACIDS;

EID: 4444358685     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079555     Document Type: Review

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