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Id http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_33234
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_33234
Preferred Name

vitamin E
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.
Synonyms
vitamin E vitamer
vitamin E vitamers
vitamin-E
vitamins E
vitamin E
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

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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.
label
vitamin E
prefLabel
vitamin E
database_cross_reference
PMID:7898412
PMID:34277234
MetaCyc:Vitamin-E
PMID:33896432
PMID:33684201
PMID:34278890
PMID:7901680
Wikipedia:Vitamin_E
PMID:33847203
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notation
CHEBI:33234
in_subset
has_related_synonym
vitamin E vitamer
vitamin E vitamers
vitamin-E
vitamins E
id
CHEBI:33234
has_obo_namespace
chebi_ontology
subClassOf
has functional parent
type
has_RxCUI
11256
has role
has_exact_synonym
vitamin E
has characteristic
alternative label
vitamin E vitamer
vitamin E vitamers
vitamin-E
vitamins E
vitamin E
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