Chemicals and Drugs

Tocotrienols

Natural analogs of TOCOPHEROLS exhibiting antioxidant activity. These tocol derivatives and isomers contain a benzopyran ring and an unsaturated isoprenoid side chain.

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Abstract

Natural analogs of TOCOPHEROLS exhibiting antioxidant activity. These tocol derivatives and isomers contain a benzopyran ring and an unsaturated isoprenoid side chain.

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Pharmacological Action

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Tocotrienol

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Aspects Covered

24 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

deficiency: coordinate TOCOTRIENOLS with VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY

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History Note

2002; use VITAMIN E 1966-2001

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Previous Indexing

  • Vitamin E (1969-2001)

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  1. D03w.383.663.283.909w.875w
  2. D03w.633.100.150.909w.875w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tocotrienols. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D024508. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D024508
  2. Tocotrienols. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tocotrienol
  3. Tocotrienols. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q427419