Low-grade inflammation is a characteristic of the obese state, and adipose tissue releases
many inflammatory mediators. The source of these mediators within adipose tissue is not …

Epidemiological studies have clearly shown that whole-grain cereals can protect against
obesity, diabetes, CVD and cancers. The specific effects of food structure (increased satiety …

Four tocopherols are available in nature and are absorbed with the diet, but only one RRR-α-
tocopherol satisfies the criteria of being a vitamin. The biological activity of the different …

Recent studies have identified that the activation of protein kinase C (PKC) and increased
diacylglycerol (DAG) levels initiated by hyperglycemia are associated with many vascular …

Inflammation is a stereotypical physiological response to infections and tissue injury; it
initiates pathogen killing as well as tissue repair processes and helps to restore …

ABSTRACT γ-Tocopherol is the major form of vitamin E in many plant seeds and in the US
diet, but has drawn little attention compared with α-tocopherol, the predominant form of …

Vitamin E was proposed as treatment for Alzheimer's disease many years ago. However, the
effectiveness of the drug is not clear. Vitamin E is an antioxidant and neuroprotector and it …

The early history of vitamin E from its discovery by Herbert M. Evans and Katharine JS
Bishop in 1922 up to its chemical synthesis by Paul Karrer and coworkers in 1938 and the …

Vitamin E, the most important lipid-soluble antioxidant, was discovered at the University of
California at Berkeley in 1922 in the laboratory of Herbert M. Evans (Science 1922, 55: 650) …

Our understanding of the role of vitamin E in human nutrition, health, and disease has
broadened and changed over the past two decades. Viewed initially as nature's most potent …