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Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring > Benzopyrans > Vitamin E
Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Pyrans > Benzopyrans > Vitamin E

Preferred term

Vitamin E  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

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

Scope note

  • 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.

In other languages

  • tokoferoli

    Finnish

  • Bio-E-Vitamin
  • E-vitamiini
  • Equiday E
  • Ido-E
  • tocopherolum
  • vitamiini E
  • E-vitamin

    Swedish

  • Vitamin E

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014810

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