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vitamin E

n.

A fat-soluble vitamin found chiefly in plant leaves, wheat germ oil, and milk and used to treat sterility and various abnormalities of the muscles, red blood cells, liver, and brain.

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vitamin E,

n a fat-soluble vitamin found in nuts, vegetable oils, seeds, and whole grains. Has been used to remedy deficiencies and for immunomodulatory effects; to treat cataracts, cardiac autonomic neuropathy, dementia, diabetic neuropathy, painful menstruation, preeclampsia (with vitamin C supplementation), rheumatism, and type-2 diabetes. Caution for patients taking hypoglycemic medications, supplements with anticoagulant or antiplatelet effects, such as garlic, gingko, or policosanol supplements, and those undergoing chemotherapy. Caution is advised for children and pregnant or lactating women, for whom the recommended daily intake is 15 mg with a maximum daily dose of 1000 mg. Also called
alpha-tocopherol, D-tocopherol, DL-tocopherol, DL-alpha-tocopherol, tocopheryl suc-cinate, tocopheryl acetate, D-alpha-tocopherol, D-delta-tocopherol, D-beta-tocopherol, D-gamma-tocopherol, or
mixed tocopherols.

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vitamin E

a-tocopherol, one of the three tocopherols found in wheat germ. Acts as an antioxidant in the prevention of enzootic muscle dystrophy, mulberry heart disease, hepatosis dietetica and exudative diathesis and yellow fat disease, and deficiency of the vitamin is a major cause of these diseases.

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vitamin E E-responsive dermatosis

goats on selenium-deficient diets develop alopecia and seborrhea which responds to vitamin E supplementation; similar skin changes occurred in calves fed a milk substitute deficient in vitamin E.