TOCOPHEROL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tocopherol mean? 

• TOCOPHEROL (noun)
  The noun TOCOPHEROL has 1 sense:

1. a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body

  Familiarity information: TOCOPHEROL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOCOPHEROL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

E; tocopherol; vitamin E

Hypernyms ("tocopherol" is a kind of...):

antioxidant (substance that inhibits oxidation or inhibits reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides)

fat-soluble vitamin (any vitamin that is soluble in fats)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tocopherol"):

alpha-tocopheral (a potent form of vitamin E obtained from germ oils or by synthesis)

 Context examples 

Tocotrienols contain 3 double bonds, absent in tocopherols, on its farnesyl isoprenoid side chain that likely contribute to its anti-cancer activities.

(Gamma-delta Tocotrienol, NCI Thesaurus)

Alpha-tocopherol is being studied in the prevention and treatment of some types of cancer.

(Alpha-tocopherol, NCI Dictionary)

The determination of the amount of the alpha tocopherol in a sample.

(Alpha Tocopherol Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

Role of Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol), its precursons, and its analogs in cancer causation or prevention and in general health.

(Nutrition, Vitamin E, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the alpha tocopherol in a biological specimen.

(Alpha Tocopherol Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Detox-PC differs from Detox adjuvant and Detox-B in that Detox-PC contains egg phosphatidylcholine and alpha-tocopherol.

(DetoxPC, NCI Thesaurus)

Tocopherol with two methyl groups on the same side (R2 and R3 position) of its chromanol ring.

(Gamma-Tocopherol, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Tocopherol with a single methyl group on the bottom (R3 position) of its chromanol ring.

(Delta-tocopherol, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

AS03 is a stabilized oil-in-water emulsion adjuvant containing DL-alpha-tocopherol, squalene and polysorbate 80 that non-specifically stimulates cell-mediated immune antigen responses.

(AS03-Adjuvanted H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the ratio of alpha-tocopherol compared with the total vitamin E in a sample.

(Alpha Tocopherol to Vitamin E Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)