Name: |
vitamin E |
Synonyms: |
vitamin E,
vitamin E vitamer,
vitamin E vitamers,
vitamin-E,
vitamins E
|
Definition: |
Any member of a group of fat-soluble chromanols that exhibit biological activity against vitamin E deficiency. The vitamers in this class consists of a chroman-6-ol core which is substituted at position 2 by a methyl group and (also at position 2) either a saturated or a triply-unsaturated hydrocarbon chain consisting of three isoprenoid units. The major function of vitamin E is to act as a natural antioxidant by scavenging free radicals and molecular oxygen. |
Ontology: |
ChEBI [CHEBI:33234]
(
EBI
)
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