tocophérol — [ tɔkɔferɔl ] n. m. • 1948; de toco et gr. pherein « transporter » ♦ Biochim. Alcool organique entrant dans la composition de la vitamine E (de fertilité). ● tocophérol ou tocoférol nom masculin Substance ayant une activité vitaminique E.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
tocopherol — ► NOUN ▪ vitamin E, a compound found in wheatgerm oil, egg yolk, and leafy vegetables and important in stabilizing cell membranes. ORIGIN from Greek tokos offspring + pherein to bear … English terms dictionary
tocopherol — [tō käf′ər ôl, tō käf′ərōl΄] n. [< Gr tokos (see TOCOLOGY) + pherein, to BEAR1 + OL1] any of a group of four closely related viscous oils that constitute vitamin E and occur chiefly in wheat germ oil, cottonseed oil, lettuce, etc … English World dictionary
Tocopherol — Tocopherols (or TCP) are a class of chemical compounds of which many have vitamin E activity. It is a series of organic compounds consisting of various methylated phenols. Because the vitamin activity was first identified in 1936 from a dietary… … Wikipedia
Tocopherol — Strukturformel (RRR) Isomer von Tocopherol Allgemeines … Deutsch Wikipedia
Tocophérol — Vitamine E La vitamine E ou tocophérol est une vitamine liposoluble (c est à dire soluble dans les lipides, mais insoluble dans l eau). Elle est reconnue comme étant essentiellement un antioxydant, elle freine le vieillissement cutané et assure… … Wikipédia en Français
tocopherol — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, ultimately from Greek tokos childbirth, offspring (akin to Greek tiktein to beget) + pherein to carry, bear more at thane, bear Date: circa 1936 any of several fat soluble oily phenolic… … New Collegiate Dictionary
tocopherol — (= a tocopherol; vitamin E) Protects unsaturated membrane lipids from oxidation and may prevent free radical damage … Dictionary of molecular biology
tocopherol — 1. Name given to vitamin E by its discoverer, but now a generic term for vitamin E and compounds chemically related to it, with or without biological activity; similar in chemical structure and properties to vitamins K and coenzyme Q. 2. A… … Medical dictionary
Tocopherol — Vitamin E * * * To|co|phe|rol [griech. tókos = Geburt, Gebären u. phérein = tragen, forttragen, bringen; ↑ ol (1)], das; s, e; S: Tokopherol: Sammelbez. für bes. reichlich in pflanzlichen Samenölen vorkommende Derivate des Tocol genannten 2… … Universal-Lexikon
