"alpha-Tocopherol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A natural tocopherol and one of the most potent antioxidant tocopherols. It exhibits antioxidant activity by virtue of the phenolic hydrogen on the 2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol nucleus. It has four methyl groups on the 6-chromanol nucleus. The natural d form of alpha-tocopherol is more active than its synthetic dl-alpha-tocopherol racemic mixture.
| Descriptor ID |
D024502
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.438.150.909.750.249 D03.830.219.909.750.249
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| Concept/Terms |
alpha-Tocopherol- alpha-Tocopherol
- alpha Tocopherol
- 3,4-Dihydro-2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-2-(4,8,12-trimethyltridecyl)-2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol
alpha-Tocopherol Succinate- alpha-Tocopherol Succinate
- alpha Tocopherol Succinate
- alpha-Tocopherol Hemisuccinate
- alpha Tocopherol Hemisuccinate
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