Chemicals and Drugs

Vitamin E

A generic descriptor for all TOCOPHEROLS and TOCOTRIENOLS that exhibit ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL activity. By virtue of the phenolic hydrogen on the 2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol nucleus, these compounds exhibit varying degree of antioxidant activity, depending on the site and number of methyl groups and the type of ISOPRENOIDS.

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A generic descriptor for all TOCOPHEROLS and TOCOTRIENOLS that exhibit ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL activity. By virtue of the phenolic hydrogen on the 2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol nucleus, these compounds exhibit varying degree of antioxidant activity, depending on the site and number of methyl groups and the type of ISOPRENOIDS.

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28 allowable subheadings

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

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/ther use: coordinate disease with /drug ther, not /diet ther

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

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Vitamin E. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014810. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014810
  2. Vitamin E. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_E
  3. Vitamin E. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141180