OBO ID: CHEBI:33234

Term Name:	vitamin E		Search Ontology:
Synonyms:	vitamin E vitamin E vitamer vitamin E vitamers vitamin-E vitamins E
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.
References:	MetaCyc:Vitamin-E PMID:33684201 PMID:33847203 PMID:33896432 PMID:34277234 PMID:34278890 PMID:7898412 PMID:7901680 Wikipedia:Vitamin_E
Ontology:	ChEBI  ( EBI )