Delta-Tocopherol

(+)-δ-Tocopherol is a biologically active form of vitamin E, a lipid-soluble antioxidant that protects cellular membranes from oxidative damage.^1,2 It reduces cumene hydroperoxide-induced lipid peroxidation in hepatocytes when used at a concentration of 20 ?M but induces lipid peroxidation in hepatic microsomes at 100 ?M.³ (+)-δ-Tocopherol (40 ?M) decreases capillary formation of HMEC-1 blood endothelial cells.⁴ It also decreases the expression of VCAM in, and the invasiveness of, HMEC-1 cells. (+)-δ-Tocopherol (10 ?M) reduces estrogen-induced increases in the expression of the estrogen-responsive genes encoding TFF/pS2, cathepsin D, PGR, CITED1, and SERPINA1 and the levels of 8-hydroxy-2’-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-dG) and nitrotyrosine in MCF-7 breast cancer cells.⁵ Dietary administration of (+)-δ-tocopherol (0.2%) reduces tumor growth in an estrogen-supplemented MCF-7 mouse xenograft model. [Matreya, LLC. Catalog No. 1790]

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