Vitamin E
Vitamin E refers to a group of compounds that include both tocopherols and tocotrienols. Vitamin E is found naturally in certain foods but is also commonly found in multivitamins to top up the dietary intake and ensure the body has everything it needs to perform at its best. Vitamin E can also be found in many oils including canola, corn, sunflower and soybean, as well as in some nuts and seeds. There are also levels of vitamin E found in meat, fish and some vegetables.
Vitamin E has many biological functions, the antioxidant function being the best known. Other functions include enzymatic activities, gene expression, and neurological function.
Antioxidant - vitamin E acts as a peroxyl radical scavenger, disabling the production of damaging free radicals in tissues, by reacting with them to form a tocopheryl radical, which will then be reduced by a hydrogen donor (such as vitamin C) and thus return to its reduced state. As it is fat-soluble, it is incorporated into cell membranes, which protects them from oxidative damage.
Enzymatic activity regulator
Gene expression
Vitamin E also plays a role in neurological functions, and inhibition of platelet coagulation.
Vitamin E also protects lipids and prevents the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Vitamin E thickens endometrium.
Heart health – vitamin E may also support heart health.
Vitamin E
Vitamin E refers to a group of compounds that include both tocopherols and tocotrienols. Vitamin E is found naturally in certain foods but is also commonly found in multivitamins to top up the dietary intake and ensure the body has everything it needs to perform at its best. Vitamin E can also be found in many oils including canola, corn, sunflower and soybean, as well as in some nuts and seeds.1 There are also levels of vitamin E found in meat, fish and some vegetables.1
Vitamin E has many biological functions, the antioxidant function being the best known. Other functions include enzymatic activities, gene expression, and neurological function.
Antioxidant - vitamin E acts as a peroxyl radical scavenger, disabling the production of damaging free radicals in tissues, by reacting with them to form a tocopheryl radical, which will then be reduced by a hydrogen donor (such as vitamin C) and thus return to its reduced state. As it is fat-soluble, it is incorporated into cell membranes, which protects them from oxidative damage.
Enzymatic activity regulator
Gene expression
Vitamin E also plays a role in neurological functions, and inhibition of platelet coagulation.
Vitamin E also protects lipids and prevents the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Vitamin E thickens endometrium.
Heart health - vitamin E may also support heart health.
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