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Descriptor
English
:
beta-Tocopherol
Descriptor
Spanish
:
beta-Tocoferol
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
beta-Tocoferol
Tree Number:
D03.438.150.909.750.374
D03.830.219.909.750.374
Definition
English
:
A natural tocopherol with less antioxidant activity than
alpha-tocopherol
. It exhibits antioxidant activity by virtue of the phenolic
hydrogen
on the 2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol nucleus. As in
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL
, it also has three methyl groups on the 6-chromanol nucleus but at different sites.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
deficiency: coordinate
BETA-TOCOPHEROL
/defic (IM) with
VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY
(IM)
Pharmacological Action:
Antioxidants
Vitamins
History Note
English
:
2002; use VITAMIN E 1966-2001
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Record Number:
36124
Unique Identifier:
D024503
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