Non-nutritive bioactive food constituents of plants

Autor(en)

Ibrahim Elmadfa, Karl Heinz Wagner

Abstrakt

An increasing body of data, especially the in vitro and cell culture studies support protecting effects of tocopherols. They indicate that there is a selective tocopherol transport in the human liver with a higher affinity for α-tocopherol, however, they also show that in food, γ- and δ-tocopherol are a more potent antioxidant than α-tocopherol. Tocopherols as a group are the key antioxidants in human cell membranes and are also important in protecting the LDL particles. These LDL particles and other similar intermediate markers of oxidative stress show a good response to tocopherol intakes. Published data underline the role of tocopherols as protecting agents against oxidative stress. They therefore allow the assumption that α-tocopherol is probably effective in preventing atherosclerosis, although no proven direct relation to the outcome of the disease itself exists.

Organisation(en)

Department für Ernährungswissenschaften

Journal

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Band

73

Seiten

89-94

Anzahl der Seiten

6

ISSN

0300-9831

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1024/0300-9831.73.2.89

Publikationsdatum

03-2003

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

303009 Ernährungswissenschaften

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Medicine (miscellaneous), Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Nutrition and Dietetics

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 3 – Gesundheit und Wohlergehen

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/36479b1c-e311-46e0-9c63-e658d6953348