Alternative form of vitamin E may advance fight against cancer

November 7, 2000 in Cancer Prevention, Vitamins, Minerals, Supplements

Alternative form of vitamin E may advance fight against cancer

In a finding that could change the way vitamin supplements are manufactured, a team of University of California-Berkeley biologists has found that a less popular form of vitamin E may play a powerful role in protecting against cancer. Vitamin E, or tocopherol, exists in a number of different forms of which alpha-tocopherol is the predominant form in tissues and vitamin supplements. Until recently, a more obscure form of the vitamin -- the gamma form

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