Unusual accumulation of a-tocopherol in rabbits fed palm-oil diets enhanced with various vitamin E components

Authors

  • N. F. Hew
  • H. T. Khor
  • Y. M. Choo
  • S. F. Yap
  • S. H. Goh

Abstract

The disü•ibutions of tocopherols and in rabbit plasma and liver were determined by feeding rabbits with various semisynthetic diets containing y-tocotrienol, ô-tocopherol or (1-tocopheryl acetate as the major vitamin E supplement. A high accumulation of a-tocopherol but not the other vitamin E compounds was observed in all groups. The ratios of tocotrienols: tocopherols and 6-tocopherol:ot-tocopherol in the Y-tocotrienol and 6-tocopherol-supplemented diets, respectively, were drastically reduced in the plasma and liver of the rabbits. The low levels of y-tocotrienol and 6-tocopherol were not due to bioconversion to the a-vitamer by the liver from radiotracer study, and may be due to their higher antioxidant reacüvities in combination with the presence of a highly selective (1-tocopherol-binding protein in the liver.

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Published

27-06-1994

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Hew, N. F., Khor, H. T., Choo, Y. M., Yap, S. F., & Goh, S. H. (1994). Unusual accumulation of a-tocopherol in rabbits fed palm-oil diets enhanced with various vitamin E components. Malaysian Journal of Science (MJS), 15(1&2), 73–80. Retrieved from https://jml.um.edu.my/index.php/MJS/article/view/4762

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