Tocopherols

"Tocopherols" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

Definition | Details | More General Concepts | Related Concepts | More Specific Concepts

A collective name for a group of closely related lipids that contain substitutions on the 2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol nucleus and a long hydrocarbon chain of isoprenoid units. They are antioxidants by virtue of the phenolic hydrogen. Tocopherols react with the most reactive form of oxygen and protect unsaturated fatty acids from oxidation.

Descriptor ID	D024505
MeSH Number(s)	D03.383.663.283.909.750 D03.633.100.150.909.750
Concept/Terms	Tocopherols Tocopherols Tocopherol Tocovital Tocovital Uno-Vit Uno-Vit Uno Vit UnoVit Vita-Plus E Vita-Plus E Vita Plus E VitaPlus E Vitagutt Vitamin E Vitagutt Vitamin E Vitamin E, Vitagutt Vitamin E AL Vitamin E AL Vitamin E Natur Vitamin E Natur Vitamin E Sanum Vitamin E Sanum Vitamin E Suspension Vitamin E Suspension Vitamin-E Dragees Vitamin-E Dragees Vitamin E Dragees Vitamin-E EVI-MIRALE Vitamin-E EVI-MIRALE Vitamin E EVI MIRALE VitaminE EVIMIRALE Vitamine E GNR Vitamine E GNR Vitazell Vitazell Detulin Detulin E Vitamin E E Vitamin E Vitamin E-mp Vitamin E mp Vitamin Emp E-ferol E-ferol E-Mulsin E-Mulsin E Mulsin E-Vicotrat E-Vicotrat E Vicotrat E-Vitamin-Ratiopharm E-Vitamin-Ratiopharm Ecoro Ecoro Elex Verla Elex Verla Embial Embial Evion Ephynal Ephynal Eplonat Eplonat Equivit E Equivit E EUNOVA Vitamin E EUNOVA Vitamin E Antioxidans E-Hevert Eusovit Eusovit Hydrovit E Hydrovit E Micorvit E Malton E Malton E Mowivit Vitamin E Mowivit Vitamin E Vitamin E, Mowivit Puncto E Puncto E Richtavit E Richtavit E Sanavitan S Sanavitan S Snow-E Muscle, Energy & Feritility Snow-E Muscle, Energy & Feritility Dal-E Dal-E Dal E Abortosan Abortosan Aquasol E Aquasol E Auxina E Auxina E Bio E Bio E Biopto-E Biopto-E Biosan Biosan Lasar Bioweyxin Bioweyxin Davitamon Davitamon Dermorelle Dermorelle Spondyvit Spondyvit Tocolion Tocolion Tocopa Tocopa Tocopharm Tocopharm Vibolex Vibolex Vit E hydrosol Vit E hydrosol Vit. E Stada Vit. E Stada Vita-E Vita-E Vita E VitaE Tocopherol Bayer Tocopherol Bayer Togasan Vitamin E Togasan Vitamin E Vitamin E, Togasan Unique E Unique E

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Tocopherols".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Heterocyclic Compounds [D03]
Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring [D03.383]
Pyrans [D03.383.663]
Benzopyrans [D03.383.663.283]
Vitamin E [D03.383.663.283.909]
Tocopherols [D03.383.663.283.909.750]
Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring [D03.633]
Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring [D03.633.100]
Benzopyrans [D03.633.100.150]
Vitamin E [D03.633.100.150.909]
Tocopherols [D03.633.100.150.909.750]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Tocopherols".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Tocopherols".

publications

Timeline | Most Recent

This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Tocopherols" by people in this website by year, and whether "Tocopherols" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 52 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2008

To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.

Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	2	2
1996	0	2	2
1997	0	3	3
1998	0	1	1
1999	0	1	1
2000	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	0	3	3
2003	0	1	1
2004	0	4	4
2005	0	1	1
2006	0	1	1
2007	2	1	3
2008	4	3	7
2009	4	1	5
2010	1	1	2
2011	2	0	2
2012	0	1	1
2013	5	0	5
2014	1	0	1
2015	1	0	1
2017	0	1	1
2019	0	1	1
2021	1	0	1
2024	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Tocopherols" by people in Profiles.

Yoon HS, Wu J, Shidal C, Sun Y, Franke AA, Yang JJ, Braithwaite D, Courtney R, Cai H, Blot WJ, Shu XO, Zheng W, Cai Q. Associations between Plasma Tocopherols and Lung Cancer Risk: Results from the Southern Community Cohort Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 Apr 03; 33(4):480-488.

View in: PubMed
Frankenfeld CL, Hullar MAJ, Maskarinec G, Monroe KR, Shepherd JA, Franke AA, Randolph TW, Wilkens LR, Boushey CJ, Le Marchand L, Lim U, Lampe JW. The Gut Microbiome Is Associated with Circulating Dietary Biomarkers of Fruit and Vegetable Intake in a Multiethnic Cohort. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2022 01; 122(1):78-98.

View in: PubMed
Guillermo C, Boushey CJ, Franke AA, Monroe KR, Lim U, Wilkens LR, Le Marchand L, Maskarinec G. Diet Quality and Biomarker Profiles Related to Chronic Disease Prevention: The Multiethnic Cohort Study. J Am Coll Nutr. 2020 Mar-Apr; 39(3):216-223.

View in: PubMed
Zabel M, Nackenoff A, Kirsch WM, Harrison FE, Perry G, Schrag M. Markers of oxidative damage to lipids, nucleic acids and proteins and antioxidant enzymes activities in Alzheimer's disease brain: A meta-analysis in human pathological specimens. Free Radic Biol Med. 2018 02 01; 115:351-360.

View in: PubMed
Iwasaki M, Franke AA, Hamada GS, Miyajima NT, Sharma S, Ishihara J, Takachi R, Tsugane S, Le Marchand L. Comparison of plasma levels of nutrient-related biomarkers among Japanese populations in Tokyo, Japan, S?o Paulo, Brazil, and Hawaii, USA. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2015 Mar; 24(2):155-61.

View in: PubMed
Halm BM, Lai JF, Morrison CM, Pagano I, Custer LJ, Cooney RV, Franke AA. In vivo changes in plasma coenzyme Q10, carotenoid, tocopherol, and retinol levels in children after computer tomography. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2014 Apr 01; 547:37-43.

View in: PubMed
Bell EF, Hansen NI, Brion LP, Ehrenkranz RA, Kennedy KA, Walsh MC, Shankaran S, Acarregui MJ, Johnson KJ, Hale EC, Messina LA, Crawford MM, Laptook AR, Goldberg RN, Van Meurs KP, Carlo WA, Poindexter BB, Faix RG, Carlton DP, Watterberg KL, Ellsbury DL, Das A, Higgins RD. Serum tocopherol levels in very preterm infants after a single dose of vitamin E at birth. Pediatrics. 2013 Dec; 132(6):e1626-33.

View in: PubMed
Bell EC, John M, Hughes RJ, Pham T. Ultra-performance liquid chromatographic determination of tocopherols and retinol in human plasma. J Chromatogr Sci. 2014 Oct; 52(9):1065-70.

View in: PubMed
Morimoto Y, Ollberding NJ, Cooney RV, Wilkens LR, Franke AA, Le Marchand L, Goodman MT, Hernandez BY, Kolonel LN, Maskarinec G. Prediagnostic serum tocopherol levels and the risk of non-hodgkin lymphoma: the multiethnic cohort. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2013 Nov; 22(11):2075-83.

View in: PubMed
Franke AA, Lai JF, Morrison CM, Pagano I, Li X, Halm BM, Soon R, Custer LJ. Coenzyme Q10, carotenoid, tocopherol, and retinol levels in cord plasma from multiethnic subjects in Hawaii. Free Radic Res. 2013 Sep; 47(9):757-68.

View in: PubMed

People

Explore

Similar Concepts

Top Journals