Is vitamin E an antioxidant, a regulator of signal transduction and gene expression, or a 'junk' food? Comments on the two accompanying papers: "Molecular mechanism of alpha-tocopherol action" by A. Azzi and "Vitamin E, antioxidant and nothing more" by M. Traber and J. Atkinson.

Subjects

Subjects :

Animals
Gene Expression Regulation
Humans
Signal Transduction
Antioxidants metabolism
Food
Vitamin E metabolism
alpha-Tocopherol metabolism

Details

Language :

English

ISSN :

0891-5849

Volume :

43

Issue :

1

Database :

MEDLINE

Journal :

Free radical biology & medicine

Publication Type :

Academic Journal

Accession number :

17561087

Full Text :

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2007.05.016