 alpha-Tocopherol
"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.
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D024502
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.438.150.909.750.249 D03.830.219.909.750.249
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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 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
alpha-Tocopherol Acetate- alpha-Tocopherol Acetate
- alpha Tocopherol Acetate
- Tocopherol Acetate
- Acetate, Tocopherol
- Tocopheryl Acetate
- d-alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate
- d alpha Tocopheryl Acetate
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Below are the most recent publications written about "alpha-Tocopherol" by people in Profiles.
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Morris MC, Schneider JA, Li H, Tangney CC, Nag S, Bennett DA, Honer WG, Barnes LL. Brain tocopherols related to Alzheimer's disease neuropathology in humans. Alzheimers Dement. 2015 Jan; 11(1):32-9.
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Hirschman KB, Joyce CM, James BD, Xie SX, Casarett DJ, Karlawish JH. 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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Morris MC, Evans DA, Tangney CC, Bienias JL, Wilson RS, Aggarwal NT, Scherr PA. Relation of the tocopherol forms to incident Alzheimer disease and to cognitive change. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Feb; 81(2):508-14.
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