NTS 135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 78: Red Blood Cell, Malabsorption, Adipose Tissue
Document Summary
What are the possible results of vitamin e toxicity: functions of vitamin e. Identified as essential for rat fertility, 1920s. Family of four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. Functions: antioxidant, maintains nervous tissue and immune function formation of muscles formation of central nervous system, vitamin e as an antioxidant. Fat-soluble vitamin: found in adipose tissue and cell membrane: membrane lipids are polyunsaturated fatty acids (pufa, pufas susceptible to oxidative attack. Vitamin e donates electrons or hydrogens to free radicals to make cell more stable important in areas exposed to high levels of oxygen (rbcs and lungs: vitamin e: deficiency. Rare because primary source of vitamin e is plant oils. Rda for adults: 15 milligrams per day of alpha-tocopherol, dv on labels is 15 milligrams. The avocado in guacamole and the oil in tortilla chips are good sources of vitamin. 16 vitamin e (mg: avoiding too much vitamin e.
