"Tocopherols" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A collective name for a group of closely related lipids that contain substitutions on the 2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol nucleus and a long hydrocarbon chain of isoprenoid units. They are antioxidants by virtue of the phenolic hydrogen. Tocopherols react with the most reactive form of oxygen and protect unsaturated fatty acids from oxidation.
| Descriptor ID |
D024505
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.663.283.909.750 D03.633.100.150.909.750
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| Concept/Terms |
E Vitamin E- E Vitamin E
- Vitamin E-mp
- Vitamin E mp
- Vitamin Emp
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tocopherols" 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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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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Placebo-associated improvements in motor function: comparison of subjective and objective sections of the UPDRS in early Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord. 2002 Mar; 17(2):283-8.