A fat-soluble vitamin consisting of several closely related compounds, deficiency of which leads to a range of disorders in different species, including muscular dystrophy, liver damage, and infertility. Good sources are cereal grains and green vegetables. Vitamin E prevents the oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids in cell membranes, so maintaining their structure.
Vitamin E
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A fat-soluble vitamin, consisting of several closely related compounds, that is the main antioxidant of cell membranes and other lipid-rich tissue components. Deficiency leads to a range of disorders in different species, including muscular dystrophy, liver damage, and infertility. Good sources are cereal grains and green vegetables. Vitamin E prevents the oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids in cell membranes by removing lipid peroxyl radicals, so maintaining their structure (see antioxidants).
- amphiboles
- amphibolic pathway
- amphibolite
- amphibolite facies
- amphiboly
- amphicoelous
- Amphicyonidae
- amphidetic
- amphidiploid
- amphidromic point
- amphimixis
- Amphineura
- amphioxus
- amphipathic
- amphiphilic
- amphiprotic
- amphistylic jaw suspension
- amphitheatre
- ampholyte
- ampholyte ion
- amphoteric
- ampliation
- ampliative
- ampliative argument
- amplification