Impaired discrimination between stereoisomers of alpha-tocopherol in patients with familial isolated vitamin E deficiency.

We assessed whether patients with familial isolated vitamin E deficiency could discriminate between natural (RRR-) and synthetic (SRR-) stereoisomers of alpha-tocopherol labeled with six (d6) or three (d3) deuterium atoms, respectively. After oral administration of 20 mg of each of the stereoisomers...

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Main Authors: MG Traber, RJ Sokol, A Kohlschütter, T Yokota, DP Muller, R Dufour, HJ Kayden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1993-02-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520407473