How do you use Tocopherol in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like antioxidant, plus the exact meaning.
Tocopherol meaning
Any of several isomers of the principal component of vitamin E, each containing a chromanol ring and an isoprene side-chain.
Synonyms of Tocopherol
Using Tocopherol
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of several isomers of the principal component of vitamin E, each containing a chromanol ring and an isoprene side-chain.
- Useful related words include: vitamin e, e, fat-soluble vitamin, antioxidant.
Context around Tocopherol
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tocopherol
- In this selection, "tocopherol" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, alpha, free, form, binding and citation stand out and add context to how "tocopherol" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and δ tocopherol concentrations and by α tocopherol activity. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tocopherol" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tocopherol
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Forms The nutritional content of vitamin E is defined by α-tocopherol activity. (13 words)
There are three stereocenters in alpha-tocopherol, so this is a chiral molecule. (13 words)
So far, most human supplementation studies about vitamin E have used only α-tocopherol. (14 words)
Alpha tocopheryl esters are de-esterified in the gut and then absorbed as the free tocopherol. citation citation Tocopheryl nicotinate and tocopheryl linolate esters are also used in cosmetics and some pharmaceuticals. (32 words)
However, if the middle of the three stereocenters were changed (so the hydrogen was now pointing down and the methyl group pointing up), this would become the structure of RSR-alpha-tocopherol. (32 words)
Thus, the synthetic all-rac-α-tocopherol in theory would have approximately half the vitamin activity of RRR-alpha-tocopherol in humans. (22 words)
Example sentences (12)
In tocopherols, this is due to the preference of the tocopherol binding protein for the alpha-tocopherol form of the vitamin.
Thus, the synthetic all-rac-α-tocopherol in theory would have approximately half the vitamin activity of RRR-alpha-tocopherol in humans.
Alpha tocopheryl esters are de-esterified in the gut and then absorbed as the free tocopherol. citation citation Tocopheryl nicotinate and tocopheryl linolate esters are also used in cosmetics and some pharmaceuticals.
Forms The nutritional content of vitamin E is defined by α-tocopherol activity.
However, if the middle of the three stereocenters were changed (so the hydrogen was now pointing down and the methyl group pointing up), this would become the structure of RSR-alpha-tocopherol.
In the image of RRR-alpha-tocopherol below, all three stereocenters are in the R form.
So far, most human supplementation studies about vitamin E have used only α-tocopherol.
The DRI for vitamin E is based on the alpha-tocopherol form because it is the most active form as originally tested.
The label should report each component in milligrams, except R, R,R-alpha-tocopherol may still be reported in IU.
There are three stereocenters in alpha-tocopherol, so this is a chiral molecule.
The synthetic dl,dl,dl-alpha ("dl-alpha") form is not as active as the natural ddd-alpha ("d-alpha") tocopherol form.
This can affect levels of other forms of vitamin E, e.g. reducing serum γ- and δ-tocopherol concentrations.