Preferred Name |
vitamin E |
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Synonyms |
vitamin E vitamin E vitamer vitamin E vitamers vitamin-E vitamins E |
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Definitions |
Any member of a group of fat-soluble chromanols that exhibit biological activity against vitamin E deficiency. The vitamers in this class consists of a chroman-6-ol core which is substituted at position 2 by a methyl group and (also at position 2) either a saturated or a triply-unsaturated hydrocarbon chain consisting of three isoprenoid units. The major function of vitamin E is to act as a natural antioxidant by scavenging free radicals and molecular oxygen. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_33234 |
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definition |
Any member of a group of fat-soluble chromanols that exhibit biological activity against vitamin E deficiency. The vitamers in this class consists of a chroman-6-ol core which is substituted at position 2 by a methyl group and (also at position 2) either a saturated or a triply-unsaturated hydrocarbon chain consisting of three isoprenoid units. The major function of vitamin E is to act as a natural antioxidant by scavenging free radicals and molecular oxygen. |
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hasDbXref |
PMID:7898412 PMID:34277234 MetaCyc:Vitamin-E PMID:33896432 PMID:33684201 PMID:34278890 PMID:7901680 Wikipedia:Vitamin_E PMID:33847203 |
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hasExactSynonym |
vitamin E |
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hasOBONamespace |
chebi_ontology |
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hasRelatedSynonym |
vitamin E vitamer vitamin E vitamers vitamin-E vitamins E |
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id |
CHEBI:33234 |
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inSubset | ||
label |
vitamin E vitamin E |
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notation |
CHEBI:33234 |
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prefLabel |
vitamin E |
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subClassOf |