The Olive tree (Olea europaea L.), a native of the Mediterranean basin and parts of Asia, is
now widely cultivated in many other parts of the world for production of olive oil and table …

Vitamin E is a group of isoprenoid chromanols with different biological activities. It comprises
eight oil‐soluble compounds: four tocopherols, namely, α‐, β‐, γ‐, and δ‐tocopherols; and …

Initially discovered in 1938 as a “fertility factor,” vitamin E now refers to eight different
isoforms that belong to two categories, four saturated analogues (α, β, γ, and δ) called …

Vitamin E consists of four tocopherols (α-, β-, γ-, and δ-tocopherol) and four tocotrienols (α-,
β-, γ-, and δ-tocotrienols), collectively referred to as tocochromanols or tocols. Tocols are …

Vitamin E, like tocotrienols and tocopherols, is constituted of compounds essential for animal
cells. Vitamin E is exclusively synthesized by photosynthetic eukaryotes and other oxygenic …

The relationship between antioxidant capacity and levels of various antioxidants in rice bran
and brown rice powder was evaluated. Three different varieties of Venezuelan rice, namely …

The endogenous synthesis of lipids, which requires suitable dietary raw materials, is critical
for the formation of membrane bilayers. In eukaryotic cells, phospholipids are the …

Edited by renowned protein scientist and bestselling author Roger L. Lundblad, with the
assistance of Fiona M. Macdonald of CRC Press, this fifth edition of the Handbook of …

Free and esterified (bound) tocopherols, tocotrienols and other tocochromanol-related
compounds, often referred to “tocols”, are lipophilic antioxidants of great importance for …

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is responsible for more than 7 million deaths worldwide. In
the early stages of the development of atherosclerotic plaques, cardiovascular risk factors …