beta-Tocopherol

"beta-Tocopherol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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A natural tocopherol with less antioxidant activity than alpha-tocopherol. It exhibits antioxidant activity by virtue of the phenolic hydrogen on the 2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol nucleus. As in GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL, it also has three methyl groups on the 6-chromanol nucleus but at different sites.

Descriptor ID

D024503

MeSH Number(s)

D03.438.150.909.750.374

D03.830.219.909.750.374

Concept/Terms

beta-Tocopherol

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "beta-Tocopherol".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Heterocyclic Compounds [D03]
Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring [D03.438]
Benzopyrans [D03.438.150]
Vitamin E [D03.438.150.909]
Tocopherols [D03.438.150.909.750]
beta-Tocopherol [D03.438.150.909.750.374]
Pyrans [D03.830]
Benzopyrans [D03.830.219]
Vitamin E [D03.830.219.909]
Tocopherols [D03.830.219.909.750]
beta-Tocopherol [D03.830.219.909.750.374]

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