CellWell record HH-3502
Vitamin E function and requirements in relation to PUFA
Raederstorff D, Wyss A, Calder PC, Weber P, Eggersdorfer M
British Journal of Nutrition ยท 2015
In plain language
Vitamin E requirement rises with dietary PUFA intake because alpha-tocopherol acts as a chain-breaking antioxidant that donates an electron to lipid peroxyl radicals, halting the chain reaction of lipid peroxidation.
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