Vitamin E Definition

noun
The tocopherols collectively, which are fat-soluble compounds that inhibit rancidity and oxidative destruction of tissue components, and are necessary for fertility in rats and certain other animals: a deficiency of vitamin E in the diet of various animals, as the rabbit or sheep, results in muscular dystrophy, sterility, etc.
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Vitamin E Sentence Examples

  • In health food stores, the most common forms of vitamin E are d-alpha tocopherol and d-alpha tocopheryl acetate or succinate.

  • How are such small amounts of vitamin E able to protect cell membranes against sustained free radical attack?

  • A review of vitamin E toxicity studies concluded that humans show few side effects following supplemental doses less.. .

  • For this discussion, it's especially noteworthy that vitamin E may have direct beneficial effects against cardiac ischemia [5] .

  • Some preliminary evidence suggests that vitamin E might help people with discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE ).

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