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Descriptor English: alpha-Tocopherol
Descriptor Spanish: alfa-Tocoferol
Descriptor alfa-tocoferol
Entry term(s) R,R,R-alfa-Tocoferol
acetato de alfa tocoferol
alfa Tocoferol
hemisuccinato de alfa tocoferol
hemisuccinato de alfa-tocoferol
succinato de alfa tocoferol
succinato de alfa-tocoferol
succinato de vitamina E
tocoferol alfa
Scope note: Tocoferol natural y uno de los tocoferoles antioxidantes más potentes. Muestra actividad antioxidante en virtud del hidrógeno fenólico del núcleo 2H-1-benzopirano-6-ol. Posee cuatro grupos metilo en el núcleo 6-cromanol. La forma natural de alfa-tocoferol es más activa que la mezcla racémica sintética dl-alfa-tocoferol.
Descriptor Portuguese: alfa-Tocoferol
Descriptor French: alpha-Tocophérol
Entry term(s): 3,4-Dihydro-2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-2-(4,8,12-trimethyltridecyl)-2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol
Acetate, Tocopherol
R,R,R-alpha-Tocopherol
Tocopherol Acetate
Tocopherol Succinate
Tocopherol, d-alpha
Tocopheryl Acetate
Vitamin E Succinate
alpha Tocopherol
alpha Tocopherol Acetate
alpha Tocopherol Hemisuccinate
alpha Tocopherol Succinate
alpha Tocopheryl Calcium Succinate
alpha-Tocopherol Acetate
alpha-Tocopherol Hemisuccinate
alpha-Tocopherol Succinate
alpha-Tocopheryl Calcium Succinate
d alpha Tocopherol
d alpha Tocopheryl Acetate
d-alpha Tocopherol
d-alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate
Tree number(s): D03.383.663.283.909.750.249
D03.633.100.150.909.750.249
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D024502
Scope note: A natural tocopherol and one of the most potent antioxidant tocopherols. It exhibits antioxidant activity by virtue of the phenolic hydrogen on the 2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol nucleus. It has four methyl groups on the 6-chromanol nucleus. The natural d form of alpha-tocopherol is more active than its synthetic dl-alpha-tocopherol racemic mixture.
Annotation: deficiency: coordinate ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL with VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Antioxidants
Vitamins
Registry Number: H4N855PNZ1
Previous Indexing: Vitamin E (1965-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2002; see VITAMIN E 1966-2001; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL SUCCINATE was indexed under VITAMIN E 1985-2008; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL ACETATE was indexed under ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 1980-2008, for TOCOPHEROL ACETATE, D-ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL ACETATE, and TOCOPHEROL SUCCINATE see TOCOPHEROLS 2008-2013
History Note: 2002; use VITAMIN E 1966-2001; for ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL SUCCINATE use VITAMIN E 1982-2007; for TOCOPHEROL ACETATE, D-ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL ACETATE, and TOCOPHEROL SUCCINATE use TOCOPHEROLS 2008-2013
DeCS ID: 36123
Unique ID: D024502
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2018/07/02
alpha-Tocopherol - Preferred
Concept UI M0370590
Scope note A natural tocopherol and one of the most potent antioxidant tocopherols. It exhibits antioxidant activity by virtue of the phenolic hydrogen on the 2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol nucleus. It has four methyl groups on the 6-chromanol nucleus. The natural d form of alpha-tocopherol is more active than its synthetic dl-alpha-tocopherol racemic mixture.
Preferred term alpha-Tocopherol
Entry term(s) 3,4-Dihydro-2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-2-(4,8,12-trimethyltridecyl)-2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol
alpha Tocopherol
d-alpha Tocopherol - Narrower
Concept UI M0584000
Preferred term d-alpha Tocopherol
Entry term(s) R,R,R-alpha-Tocopherol
Tocopherol, d-alpha
d alpha Tocopherol
alpha-Tocopherol Succinate - Narrower
Concept UI M0104481
Preferred term alpha-Tocopherol Succinate
Entry term(s) Tocopherol Succinate
Vitamin E Succinate
alpha Tocopherol Hemisuccinate
alpha Tocopherol Succinate
alpha-Tocopherol Hemisuccinate
d-alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000613565
Preferred term d-alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate
Entry term(s) d alpha Tocopheryl Acetate
alpha-Tocopherol Acetate - Narrower
Concept UI M0515672
Preferred term alpha-Tocopherol Acetate
Entry term(s) Acetate, Tocopherol
Tocopherol Acetate
Tocopheryl Acetate
alpha Tocopherol Acetate
alpha-Tocopheryl Calcium Succinate - Narrower
Concept UI M0515667
Preferred term alpha-Tocopheryl Calcium Succinate
Entry term(s) alpha Tocopheryl Calcium Succinate



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