Active Ingredient:

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Name	Vitamin E
Description	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. [MeSH]
Related Names/Sources	d-alpha Tocopherol (natural); d-alpha Tocopherol Acetate; d-alpha Tocopherol succinate; Antioxidant; dl-alpha Tocopheryl Acetate; Tocopheryl Acetate; Vitamin E (d-alpha Tocopherol) (natural ); Vitamin E Acetate; Vitamin E Acetate (d-alpha Tocopherol Acetate); Vitamin E Acetate dl-form (dl-alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate); Vitamin E Acetate, syn (dl-alpha Tocopheryl Acetat; Vitamin E Acetate, syn (dl-alpha Tocopheryl Acetate); Vitamin E Succinate; Vitamin E Succinate (d-alpha Tocopheryl Succinate); Vitamin E, syn (dl-alpha Tocopherol)
Related products	Products that contain Vitamin E
Reference Links	General Information
	Vitamin E [ODS-Fact Sheet]
	Vitamin E [AHRQ-Evidence Report-CVD Treatment]
	Vitamin E [AHRQ-Evidence Report-Cancer Treatment]
	Vitamin E [NCI-Fact Sheet]
	Vitamin E [NCI-Cancer Prevention Trial]
	Uses (in humans)
	Vitamin E [ClinicalTrials.gov]
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