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Anticancer activities of tocotrienols: A Systematic Scoping Review [PDF]

, 2023
Background: The increasing number of cancer cases requires developing newer approaches to treat this disease. One approach uses natural compounds with known anticancer effects, such as tocotrienols.
Ammu Kutty Radhakrishnan, Muhamad Noor Alfarizal Kamarudin, Radhakrishnan, Ammu Kutty C., Mohamed Musa Mohamedahmed, Shaza, Shaza M Mohamedahmed, Premdass Ramdas, Khalid, Ali Qusay Khalid, Ramdas, Premdass, Usha Sundralingam, Kamarudin, Muhamad Noor Alfarizal, Sundralingam, Usha, Ali Qusay Khalid   +11 more
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Delivery of the vitamin E compound tocotrienol to cancer cells [PDF]

, 2011
Tocotrienol, a member of the vitamin E family of compounds, is currently receiving increased attention because of its highly promising anti-cancer effects.
Dufès, Christine
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Fermentative production of Vitamin E tocotrienols in Saccharomyces cerevisiae under cold-shock-triggered temperature control

Nature Communications, 2020
Tocotrienols are valuable supplementations to α-tocopherol-dominated Vitamin E products. Here, the authors engineer baker’s yeast by combining the heterologous genes from photosynthetic organisms with the endogenous pathway for the production of ...
Bin Shen, Pingping Zhou, Xue Jiao, Zhen Yao, Lidan Ye, Hongwei Yu   +5 more
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Effect of Durum Wheat Oil on the Physico-Chemical and Sensory Features of Biscuits

Foods, 2022
Lipids play an important role in defining the overall quality of biscuits, particularly in terms of resistance to oxidation, as well as for their influence on textural and sensorial properties. The aim of this work was to investigate the effects of durum
Francesca Vurro, Marcello Greco Miani, Carmine Summo, Francesco Caponio, Antonella Pasqualone   +4 more
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The Use of Durum Wheat Oil in the Preparation of Focaccia: Effects on the Oxidative Stability and Physical and Sensorial Properties

Foods, 2022
Durum wheat oil is an innovative oil that could be considered the “second life” of durum wheat milling by-products. In this study, we proposed the use of this oil in the reformulation of a traditional Italian greased flat bread, namely focaccia, whose ...
Francesca Vurro, Carmine Summo, Giacomo Squeo, Francesco Caponio, Antonella Pasqualone   +4 more
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Challenges and Opportunities of Nanotechnology as Delivery Platform for Tocotrienols in Cancer Therapy

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018
Plant-derived phytonutrients have emerged as health enhancers. Tocotrienols from the vitamin E family gained high attention in recent years due to their multi-targeted biological properties, including lipid-lowering, neuroprotection, anti-inflammatory ...
Geetha Maniam, Geetha Maniam, Chun-Wai Mai, Chun-Wai Mai, Mohd Zulkefeli, Christine Dufès, Doryn Meam-Yee Tan, Doryn Meam-Yee Tan, Ju-Yen Fu   +8 more
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Free and Esterified Tocopherols, Tocotrienols and Other Extractable and Non-Extractable Tocochromanol-Related Molecules: Compendium of Knowledge, Future Perspectives and Recommendations for Chromatographic Techniques, Tools, and Approaches Used for Tocochromanol Determination

Molecules, 2022
Free and esterified (bound) tocopherols, tocotrienols and other tocochromanol-related compounds, often referred to “tocols”, are lipophilic antioxidants of great importance for health.
Paweł Górnaś, Georgijs Baškirovs, Aleksander Siger   +2 more
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Effect of Tocotrienols enriched canola oil on glycemic control and oxidative status in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2015
Background: Tocotrienols have been shown to improve glycemic control and redox balance in an animal study, but their effects on patients with diabetes are unknown.
Mohammadreza Vafa, Neda Haghighat, Nazanin Moslehi, Shahriar Eghtesadi, Iraj Heydari   +4 more
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Tocochromanol Profiles in Chlorella sorokiniana, Nannochloropsis limnetica and Tetraselmis suecica Confirm the Presence of 11′-α-Tocomonoenol in Cultured Microalgae Independently of Species and Origin

Foods, 2022
11′-α-Tocomonoenol (11′-αT1) is structurally related to vitamin E and has been quantified in the microalgae Tetraselmis sp. and Nannochloropsis oceanica.
Alexander Montoya-Arroyo, Katja Lehnert, Alejandra Muñoz-González, Ulrike Schmid-Staiger, Walter Vetter, Jan Frank   +5 more
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Identification of a New Variety of Avocados (Persea americana Mill. CV. Bacon) with High Vitamin E and Impact of Cold Storage on Tocochromanols Composition

Antioxidants, 2020
(1) Background: Tocochromanols are a group of fat-soluble compounds including vitamin E (tocopherols and tocotrienols) and plastochromanol-8, and just one avocado can contain up to 20% of the required vitamin E daily intake.
Celia Vincent, Tania Mesa, Sergi Munne-Bosch   +2 more
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