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Preferred Name

CHEBI_27013
Synonyms

tocoferoles

Methyltocols

tocopherols

Tocopherols

tocoferol

Tocopherol

tocopherol
Definitions

A collective name for a group of closely related lipids that contain a chroman-6-ol nucleus substituted at position 2 by a methyl group and by a saturated hydrocarbon chain consisting of three isoprenoid units. They are designated as alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta-tocopherol depending on the number and position of additional methyl substituents on the aromatic ring. Tocopherols occur in vegetable oils and vegetable oil products, almost exclusively with R,R,R configuration. Tocotrienols differ from tocopherols only in having three double bonds in the hydrocarbon chain.
ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_27013
has exact synonym

Tocopherol

tocopherol
hasOBONamespace

chebi_ontology
hasRelatedSynonym

tocoferoles

Methyltocols

tocopherols

Tocopherols

tocoferol
IAO_0000412

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/chebi.owl

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cdno.owl
id

CHEBI:27013
inSubset

http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/chebi#3_STAR

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/chebi#3_STAR
label

tocopherol

tocopherol
notation

CHEBI:27013
prefLabel

CHEBI_27013
textual definition

A collective name for a group of closely related lipids that contain a chroman-6-ol nucleus substituted at position 2 by a methyl group and by a saturated hydrocarbon chain consisting of three isoprenoid units. They are designated as alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta-tocopherol depending on the number and position of additional methyl substituents on the aromatic ring. Tocopherols occur in vegetable oils and vegetable oil products, almost exclusively with R,R,R configuration. Tocotrienols differ from tocopherols only in having three double bonds in the hydrocarbon chain.
xRef

CAS:1406-66-2

Wikipedia:Tocopherol
subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_33234

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_39437
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