Tocotrienol | 合法藥品大搜索

Tocotrienolsarecompoundsnaturallyoccurringathigherlevelsinsomevegetableoils,includingpalmoil,ricebranoil,wheatgerm,barley,sawpalmetto, ...

Group of chemical compounds

The vitamin E family comprises four tocotrienols (alpha, beta, gamma, delta) and four tocopherols (alpha, beta, gamma, delta). The critical chemical structural difference between tocotrienols and tocopherols is that tocotrienols have unsaturated isoprenoid side chains with three carbon-carbon double bonds versus saturated side chains for tocopherols (see Figure).[1][2]

Tocotrienols are compounds naturally occurring at higher levels in some vegetable oils, including palm oil, rice bran oil, wheat germ, barley, saw palmetto, annatto, and certain other types of seeds, nuts and grains, and the oils derived fro...