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Article: Vitamin E: Mechanisms of action as tumor cell growth inhibitors
- Article from:
- The Journal of Nutrition
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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CopyrightCopyright American Institute of Nutrition Jan 2001. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Vitamin E: Mechanisms of Action as Tumor Cell Growth Inhibitors'1,2
Vitamin E is an essential fat-soluble vitamin that functions, at least in part, as a lipid-soluble antioxidant. Although vitamin E is a popular supplement marketed for its potential beneficial antioxidant effects for a number of chronic diseases, including various forms of cancer, a Food and Nutrition Board panel on Dietary Reference Intakes for vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium and carotenoids concluded that observational epidemiologic studies provide only limited evidence for a protective association of vitamin E with lung cancer and that data from intervention trials are most suggestive for the ability of vitamin E to ...