loading...| Preferred Name | vitamin E | |
| Synonyms |
vitamins E vitamin E vitamers vitamin E vitamer vitamin-E vitamin 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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| alternative label |
vitamins E vitamin E vitamers vitamin E vitamer vitamin-E vitamin E |
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| database_cross_reference |
Wikipedia:Vitamin_E PMID:7901680 PMID:34277234 PMID:33684201 PMID:34278890 PMID:33847203 MetaCyc:Vitamin-E PMID:33896432 PMID:7898412 |
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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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| has characteristic | ||
| has exact synonym |
vitamin E |
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| has functional parent | ||
| has role | ||
| has_obo_namespace |
chebi_ontology |
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| has_related_synonym |
vitamins E vitamin E vitamers vitamin E vitamer vitamin-E |
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| id |
CHEBI:33234 |
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| label |
vitamin E |
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| notation |
CHEBI:33234 |
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| note |
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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| preferred label |
vitamin E |
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| prefLabel |
vitamin E |
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