Vitamin E / editor-in-chief, Gerald Litwack. - xxii, 588 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm. - Vitamins and hormones : advances in research and applications, v. 76 0083-6729 ; . - Vitamins and hormones ; v. 76. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Vitamin E -- Structure and function of [alpha]-tocopherol transfer protein : implications for vitamin E metabolism and AVED -- [alpha]-tocopherol transfer protein -- Molecular associations of vitamin E -- Studies in vitamin E : biochemistry and molecular biology of tocopherol quinones -- Vitamin E and NF-[kappa]B activation : a review -- Synthesis of vitamin E -- Tocotrienols : the emerging face of natural vitamin E -- Vitamin E biotransformation in humans -- [alpha]-tocopherol stereoisomers -- Addition products of [alpha]-tocopherol with lipid-derived free radicals -- Vitamin E and apoptosis -- Vitamin E during pre- and postnatal periods -- [alpha]-Tocopherol : a multifaceted molecule in plants -- Vitamin E and mast cells -- Tocotrienols in cardioprotection -- Vitamin E and cancer -- Vitamin E analogues and immune response in cancer treatment -- Roles of [alpha]-vitamin E and its analogues in prostate cancer -- Vitamin E : inflammation and atherosclerosis -- Vitamin E in chronic liver diseases and liver fibrosis.

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Vitamin E--Physiological effect
Vitamin E--Therapeutic use.
Vitamin E.

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