tocopherol

Term ID

CHEBI:27013

Synonyms

Methyltocols
tocoferol
tocoferoles
tocopherol
tocopherols

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.

References

CAS:1406-66-2
Wikipedia:Tocopherol

Ontology

ChEBI ( EBI )

Relationships

is a type of: tocol

tocol Show first 5 Terms
has subtype: (2R)-2,5,8-Trimethyl-2-(4,8,12-trimethyltridecyl)chroman-6-ol 2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-2-(4,8,12-trimethyltridecyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol 2,5,8-Trimethyl-2-(4,8,12-trimethyltridecyl)-6-chromanol 13'-carboxy-alpha-tocopherol 13'-Carboxy-gamma-tocopherol ... Show All 10 Terms

(2R)-2,5,8-Trimethyl-2-(4,8,12-trimethyltridecyl)chroman-6-ol 2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-2-(4,8,12-trimethyltridecyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol 2,5,8-Trimethyl-2-(4,8,12-trimethyltridecyl)-6-chromanol 13'-carboxy-alpha-tocopherol 13'-Carboxy-gamma-tocopherol alpha-tocopherol beta-tocopherol dehydro-gamma-tocopherol delta-tocopherol gamma-tocopherol Show first 5 Terms

Phenotype

Phenotype resulting from tocopherol

Phenotype where environments contain tocopherol

Phenotype modified by environments containing tocopherol

Human Disease / Model Data

Citations