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Infants discriminate between natural and synthetic vitamin E
Author(s) -
William L. Stone,
Irene O. LeClair,
Terry Ponder,
Geraldine Baggs,
Bridget Barrett Reis
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/77.4.899
Subject(s) - vitamin e , tocopherol , tocopheryl acetate , vitamin , alpha tocopherol , antioxidant , chemistry , infant formula , population , alpha (finance) , zoology , endocrinology , medicine , biochemistry , biology , surgery , construct validity , environmental health , patient satisfaction
In adults, RRR-alpha-tocopheryl acetate (natural vitamin E) has approximately twice the biological activity of all-rac-alpha-tocopherol (synthetic vitamin E). Similar studies have not been done in term infants.

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