"alpha-Tocopherol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A natural tocopherol and one of the most potent antioxidant tocopherols. It exhibits antioxidant activity by virtue of the phenolic hydrogen on the 2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol nucleus. It has four methyl groups on the 6-chromanol nucleus. The natural d form of alpha-tocopherol is more active than its synthetic dl-alpha-tocopherol racemic mixture.
| Descriptor ID |
D024502
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.663.283.909.750.249 D03.633.100.150.909.750.249
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| Concept/Terms |
alpha-Tocopherol- alpha-Tocopherol
- alpha Tocopherol
- 3,4-Dihydro-2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-2-(4,8,12-trimethyltridecyl)-2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol
alpha-Tocopherol Acetate- alpha-Tocopherol Acetate
- alpha Tocopherol Acetate
- Tocopheryl Acetate
- Tocopherol Acetate
- Acetate, Tocopherol
alpha-Tocopherol Succinate- alpha-Tocopherol Succinate
- alpha Tocopherol Succinate
- Tocopherol Succinate
- Succinate, Tocopherol
- alpha-Tocopherol Hemisuccinate
- alpha Tocopherol Hemisuccinate
d-alpha Tocopherol- d-alpha Tocopherol
- Tocopherol, d-alpha
- d alpha Tocopherol
- R,R,R-alpha-Tocopherol
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| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "alpha-Tocopherol" by people in Profiles.
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Association of Vitamin E and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults with and without the APOE?4 Allele: A Biracial Population-Based Community Study. J Alzheimers Dis. 2023; 96(3):1129-1138.
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Brain tocopherols related to Alzheimer's disease neuropathology in humans. Alzheimers Dement. 2015 Jan; 11(1):32-9.
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Would caregivers of Alzheimer disease patients involve their relative in a decision to use an AD-slowing medication? Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2005 Nov; 13(11):1014-21.
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Relation of the tocopherol forms to incident Alzheimer disease and to cognitive change. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Feb; 81(2):508-14.