Proper nutrition is the single most important component of preventative health care. Heart
disease, diabetes, and other ailments are all linked to dietary habits. Accurate nutritional …

This paper describes a rapid, microprocedure for the simultaneous determination of α-
tocopherol (vitamin E) and retinol (vitamin A) in plasma, and of α-tocopherol alone in red …

In the macromethod for estimation of tocopherol a heptane extract of protein-free plasma or
serum is prepared, α, α'-dipyridyl is added and the extinction is read at 460 mµ to obtain a …

THE pathophysiologic effects of vitamin E deficiency in man remain uncertain some forty
years after isolation and purification of this vitamin. Although tocopherol depletion in infants …

Vitamin E and selenium are interrelated in the prevention of several well-delineated
diseases of animals. Recent discoveries provide a biochemical basis for understanding the …

Estimations of the concentrations of cholesterol, low density lipoproteins, α-tocopherol and
of the distribution of α-tocopherol between low density and high density lipoproteins have …

Intermittent massive dose administration of vitamin A as an emergency measure to prevent
hypovitaminosis A has a sound nutritional basis and has been substantiated by successful …

A study of plasma tocopherol levels of 379 normal adult human subjects residing in
metropolitan Vancouver and in the nearby rural community of Chilliwack was conducted …

Vitamin E status of Chinese population with different age groups was studied by determining
plasma vitamin E levels (PE) and hydrogen peroxide-induced erythrocyte hemolysis …

Plasma levels and dietary intake of vitamin E of four Indian populations of British Columbia
and the Yukon Territory were studied. One hundred and fifty-nine subjects at Ahousat and …