The Biological Activity of Di-α-Tocopherone

D. J. Lee; H. H. Draper; J. G. Bergan; A. Saari Csallany

doi:10.3181/00379727-113-28330

The Biological Activity of Di-α-Tocopherone

D. J. Lee, H. H. Draper, J. G. Bergan, A. Saari Csallany

Food Science and Nutrition

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Abstract

Di-α-tocopherone, a recently characterized metabolite of α-tocopherol isolated from animal tissues, was tested for biological activity with respect to resorption-gestation in Vit. E-deficient rats, nutritional muscular dystrophy in rabbits and hereditary muscular dystrophy in mice. The results indicate that this metabolite has less than 5% of the Vit. E activity of α-tocopherol and that it possesses no therapeutic value in treatment of the congenital myopathy. Its probable role in metabolism is that of a terminal oxidation product rather than an active form of Vit. E.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	242-245
Number of pages	4
Journal	Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
Volume	113
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-113-28330
State	Published - May 1963

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