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ChEBI
vitamin E
- Term ID
- CHEBI:33234
- Synonyms
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- 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
- Ontology
- ChEBI ( EBI )
- is a type of
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- has subtype
- has_functional_parent
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- has_role
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- inverse has_part
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Phenotype
Phenotype resulting from vitamin E
Phenotype where environments contain vitamin E
Phenotype modified by environments containing vitamin E
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