"gamma-Tocopherol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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 BETA-TOCOPHEROL, it also has three methyl groups on the 6-chromanol nucleus but at different sites.
| Descriptor ID |
D024504
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.663.283.909.750.500 D03.633.100.150.909.750.500
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| Concept/Terms |
gamma-Tocopherol- gamma-Tocopherol
- 3,4-Dihydro-2,7,8-trimethyl-2-(4,8,12-trimethyltridecyl)-2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "gamma-Tocopherol" by people in Profiles.
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Brain tocopherols related to Alzheimer's disease neuropathology in humans. Alzheimers Dement. 2015 Jan; 11(1):32-9.
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Gamma tocopherol upregulates the expression of 15-S-HETE and induces growth arrest through a PPAR gamma-dependent mechanism in PC-3 human prostate cancer cells. Nutr Cancer. 2009; 61(5):649-62.
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Dietary alpha-, beta-, gamma- and delta-tocopherols in lung cancer risk. Int J Cancer. 2008 Sep 01; 123(5):1173-80.
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Plasma vitamins E and A and risk of bladder cancer: a case-control analysis. Cancer Causes Control. 2008 Nov; 19(9):981-92.
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Gamma-tocopherol supplementation alone and in combination with alpha-tocopherol alters biomarkers of oxidative stress and inflammation in subjects with metabolic syndrome. Free Radic Biol Med. 2008 Mar 15; 44(6):1203-8.
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Failure of vitamin E in clinical trials: is gamma-tocopherol the answer? Nutr Rev. 2005 Aug; 63(8):290-3.
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Gamma-tocopherol, the new vitamin E? Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Mar; 77(3):530-1.