tocopheroln.
/tɒˈkɒfərɒl/, /təˈkɒfərɒl/, U.S. /təˈkɑfəˌrɔl/, /təˈkɑfəˌroʊl/ Biochemistry.
Vitamin E: any or all of a group of closely related fat-soluble compounds that occur esp. in plant oils and are anti-oxidants essential in the diets of many animals and probably of man.
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1936 H. M. Evans in Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 113 321 For this alcohol we propose the name ‘α-tocopherol’.
1956 Nature 14 Jan. 86/2 (heading) η-Tocopherol (7-methyltocol): a new tocopherol in rice.
1968 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. I. x. 9/1 Vitamin E is a mixture of tocopherols, which are yellow oily liquids remarkably stable to heat.
1972 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 13 Feb. 27/4 Glib armchair vitamin experts discuss tocopherol, the chemical name of Vitamin E, as easily as they talked of ascorbic acid and riboflavin two years ago.
1979 Nature 19 Apr. 737/2 Vitamin E (α-tocopherol) and vitamin C (ascorbic acid) react rapidly with organic free radicals, and it is widely accepted that the antioxidant properties of these compounds are responsible in part for their biological activity.
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