Vitamin E and its anticancer effects

A Abraham, AJ Kattoor, T Saldeen… - Critical reviews in food …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Vitamin E is a lipid soluble vitamin comprising of eight natural isoforms, namely, α, β, δ, γ
isoforms of tocopherol and α, β, δ, γ isoforms of tocotrienol. Many studies have been …

Vitamin E therapy beyond cancer: Tocopherol versus tocotrienol

HY Peh, WSD Tan, W Liao, WSF Wong - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2016 - Elsevier
The discovery of vitamin E (α-tocopherol) began in 1922 as a vital component required in
reproduction. Today, there are eight naturally occurring vitamin E isoforms, namely α-, β-, γ …

Vitamin E and cancer: an update on the emerging role of γ and δ tocotrienols

C Constantinou, C Charalambous… - European journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Despite significant advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, the latter still remains
a fatal disease due to the lack of prevention, early diagnosis, and effective drugs …

Vitamin E: a dark horse at the crossroad of cancer management

E Cardenas, R Ghosh - Biochemical pharmacology, 2013 - Elsevier
It appears that the story on vitamin E and its role in human health remains incomplete. It is
apparent that vitamin E supplementation involves many variables, some of which include its …

Vitamin E and cancer

K Kline, KA Lawson, W Yu, BG Sanders - Vitamins & Hormones, 2007 - Elsevier
Perhaps not surprisingly, vitamin E which has been touted to be potentially beneficial for a
variety of disorders, including cancer, heart disease, and even Alzheimer's disorder, based …

[HTML][HTML] Natural forms of vitamin E as effective agents for cancer prevention and therapy

Q Jiang - Advances in Nutrition, 2017 - Elsevier
Initial research on vitamin E and cancer has focused on α-tocopherol (αT), but recent clinical
studies on cancer-preventive effects of αT supplementation have shown disappointing …

Natural forms of vitamin E and metabolites—regulation of cancer cell death and underlying mechanisms

Q Jiang - IUBMB life, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The disappointing results from large clinical studies of α‐tocopherol (αT), the major form of
vitamin E in tissues, for prevention of chronic diseases including cancer have cast doubt on …

Vitamin E analogues as anticancer agents: Lessons from studies with α‐tocopheryl succinate

XF Wang, L Dong, Y Zhao, M Tomasetti… - Molecular nutrition & …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The new millennium has witnessed considerable decrease in a number of previously fatal
pathologies, largely due to the advancement in molecular medicine and modern …

Vitamin E and cancer prevention: Studies with different forms of tocopherols and tocotrienols

CS Yang, P Luo, Z Zeng, H Wang… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract α‐Tocopherol (α‐T) is the major form of vitamin E (VE) in animals and has the
highest activity in carrying out the essential antioxidant functions of VE. Because of the …

Does vitamin E prevent or promote cancer?

CS Yang, N Suh, ANT Kong - Cancer prevention research, 2012 - AACR
The cancer preventive activity of vitamin E has been suggested by many epidemiologic
studies. However, several recent large-scale human trials with α-tocopherol, the most …