Word: tocopherols
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...panel increased the recommended daily intake of vitamin E for both men and women to 15 mg, or 22 IU (international units), if it comes in the form of alpha-tocopherol, which is the only type human blood can store and transfer to cells. For d-alpha-tocopherol, another form of the vitamin, the daily limit is 1,000 mg, or 1,500 IU. For dl-alpha-tocopherol, a synthetic form of vitamin E, the limit is 700 mg, or 1,100 IU. As for selenium, the upper limit is 55 micrograms...
...preliminary but intriguing study suggests a link between gamma tocopherol, a component of some vitamin E pills, and developing arthritis of the knee, shown at right. Gamma tocopherol tends to be found in newer E supplements--those that boast of "mixed tocopherols." Standard capsules contain only alpha tocopherols, which, say researchers, will leave your knees alone...
...cases where the blood clots quickly, an anti-clotting agent to slow the process might be the answer. But Ochsner warned that such agents are "too dangerous." His suggestion: alpha tocopherol phosphate, "a normal antithrombin found within the blood [which] appears to represent a satisfactory substance to correct an antithrombin deficiency...
...addition, iron added to the prematures' diet to prevent anemia destroys vitamin E. While practically nothing is known about the workings of vitamin E in the human body, this was a lead worth following up. The Owenses arranged to get a special preparation, d-1 alpha tocopherol acetate, rich in vitamin E, to be given in a water base...
...since by that time irreversible retinal changes have occurred." Thus in the case of the Hoffmann twins, it apparently was several months too late for vitamin E treatment when the babies were brought to New York. At Johns Hopkins, every baby under three pounds now gets alpha tocopherol when a week old, and until it passes the 5½-pound mark...