Description
-Tocopherol has been used:
- as a food supplement for juvenile cobia fish
- to evaluate its protective effect on bisphenol A induced oxidative stress in rats
- to test its chemopreventive efficacy in estrogen-mediated mammary cancer rats
-Tocopherol is essential for the photosynthesis in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803. Supplementation with α
-Tocopherol decreases lipid peroxidation and platelet aggregation. It inhibits protein kinase C and may play key role in gene regulation.
Subject to air oxidation.
-Tocopherol is synthesized from γ
-tocopherol by the action of enzyme γ
Mixed constitutional (α, β, γ, δ) isomers.
Packaged under argon in a sealed ampule.
This product is miscible with chloroform or ethanol. It is practically insoluble in water but it is miscible with ether, acetone, and vegetable oils. It is unstable to alkaline conditions.
-tocopherol per gram. The non-α
content is typically between 5-35 mg/g