For Heart Health, Mixed Tocopherols Superior to... -
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"When we think of vitamin E, we think of alpha-tocopherol," said Dick Beitel, vice president of sales for Kearny, N.J.-based Pharmachem Laboratories Inc."But alpha-tocopherol is only one of eight isomers of vitamin E. The industry has suddenly started to look at moving from just one of the isomers--alpha-tocopherol--to a mixed tocopherol, which is actually alpha-, beta-, delta- and gamma-tocopherol.However, that is only half of the equation.Really to get the total nature of vitamin E, development should continue to go forth to include all eight isomers: alpha-, beta-, delta- and gamma-tocopherol and the same double bond for alpha-, beta-, delta- and gamma-tocotrienol."