Download or read book New Topics in Vitamin E Research written by Oliver H. Bellock and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term vitamin E describes a family of eight antioxidants, four tocopherols, alpha-, beta-, gamma- and delta-, and four tocotrienols (also alpha-, beta-, gamma- and delta-). Alpha-tocopherol is the only form of vitamin E that is actively maintained in the human body and is therefore, the form of vitamin E found in the largest quantities in the blood and tissue (1). Alpha-tocopherol is the form of vitamin E that appears to have the greatest nutritional significance. This volume presents leading-edge research in this important field.