Advances in Vitamin E Research
A special issue of Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural and Synthetic Antioxidants".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2024) | Viewed by 6764
Special Issue Editors
Interests: vitamin E; tocopherols; tocotrienols; oxidative stress; cancer; pediatrics
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Interests: biological markers and cell signaling in oncogenesis; testing of novel compounds derived from plants with ethnobotanical importance
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Vitamin E research has progressively evolved from an early emphasis on alpha-tocopherol solely as a lipophilic antioxidant inhibiting lipid peroxidation and oxidative stress. Moreover, early research did not always distinguish between natural alpha-tocopherol (RRR-alpha) and synthetic alpha-tocopherol (all-racemic-alpha). We now recognize that the four tocopherols and the four tocotrienols that comprise the vitamin E vitamers have distinct chemical, stereochemical, and biochemical properties as well as functions independent of their roles as antioxidants. It is clear, for example, that the different vitamers of vitamin E can differentially modulate signal transduction pathways. Similarly, there is increasing evidence that the different vitamin E vitamers (and their metabolites) can uniquely modulate some disease processes. Even after decades of research, there remains much controversy around the risk/benefit ratio of vitamin E supplementation in cancer, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, aging, and exercise physiology. Future basic, clinical, and kinesiological research will be needed to settle these issues and to further define the potential benefits of vitamin E vitamers.
For this Special Issue, we invite authors to submit novel work or reviews on the importance of advancing basic, clinical, and kinesiological vitamin E research. The topics include but are not limited to:
- Vitamin E modulation of signal transduction pathways;
- Risk/benefit of vitamin E supplementation in cancer;
- Vitamin E’s role in cardiovascular disease;
- Preventing metabolic syndrome;
- Reducing oxidative stress driven type 2 diabetes;
- Roles in aging and exercise physiology.
Prof. Dr. William L. Stone
Dr. Victoria Palau
Dr. Hong Yong Peh
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- vitamin E
- absorption
- metabolism and bioavailability
- pharmacokinetics
- antioxidant mechanisms
- non-antioxidant activities
- health and disease
- industrial uses
- functional properties
- extraction and chemical characterization of metabolites
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