About Vitamin E

Vitamin E (tocopherols), vitamins are soluble in both fat. Vitamin E can protect the body from free radicals. Vitamin E also helps prevent heart disease, reduce fatigue, reduce PMS, helps slow the aging due to oxidation and facilitate the supply of oxygen to the blood until the whole organ

Vitamin E also strengthens capillary walls of blood vessels and prevent the destruction of red blood cells due to toxins. This vitamin also helps prevent sterility and destrofi muscle. Vitamin E is also known as tocopherol, particularly alpha tocopherol on the molecule.

Vitamin E is absorbed in the digestive tract by silomikron through silomikron transport in the liver and then absorbed by the uptake silomikron. the liver can convert vitamin E into VLDL. Place of vitamin E is main storage in adipose tissue. The main function of vitamin E in the body is as natural antioxidants mambuang free radicals and oxygen molecules. in particular, vitamin E is also important in preventing peroxidation of membrane unsaturated fatty acids. Vitamin E and C associated with the effectiveness of each antioxidant.

Active alpha-tocopherol can be regenerated by interaction with vitamin C, which inhibits oxidation of free peroxysalts radicals. Alternatively, alpha-tocopherol can get rid of two free radicals and convert it into glucuronat peroxysalts when excretion in the kidney.

Deficiency of this vitamin can cause the body not powered, decreased sexual activity, abnormal fat deposits in muscles, changes in liver and muscle degeneration, dry skin, and increased risk of cancer.