The diversity, composition, and function of the bacterial community inhabiting the human
gastrointestinal tract contributes to host health through its role in producing energy or …

Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) is an essential micronutrient and fat-soluble antioxidant with
proposed role in protecting tissues from uncontrolled lipid peroxidation. This vitamin has …

As a promiscuous xenobiotic sensor, pregnane X receptor (PXR) plays a crucial role in drug
metabolism. Since dietary phytochemicals exhibit the potential to modulate human PXR, this …

Natural forms of vitamin E comprise four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. During the last
twenty years, there have been breakthroughs in our understanding of vitamin E metabolism …

A hundred years have passed since vitamin E was identified as an essential micronutrient
for mammals. Since then, many biological functions of vitamin E have been unraveled in …

The vitamin E family contains α-tocopherol (αT), βT, γT, and δT and α-tocotrienol (TE), βTE,
γTE, and δTE. Research has revealed distinct roles of these vitamin E forms in prostate …

Gut microbiota is a complex ecosystem seen as an extension of human genome. It
represents a major metabolic interface of interaction with food components and xenobiotics …

Abstract Garcinia kola Heckel (Clusiaceae) is a tree indigenous to West and Central Africa.
All plant parts, but especially the seeds, are of value in local folklore medicine. Garcinia kola …

The metabolism of α-tocopherol (α-TOH, vitamin E) shows marked interindividual variability,
which may influence the response to nutritional and therapeutic interventions with this …

Vitamin E exhibits pharmacological effects beyond established antioxidant activity
suggesting involvement of unidentified mechanisms. Here, we characterize endogenously …