Aged humans and animals demonstrate cognitive decline. Improvement of short-term memory performance in aged beagles with a nutraceutical supplement containing phosphatidylserine (PS) and vitamin E has been demonstrated. The purpose of the present study was to examine if alpha-tocopherol acetate could alter PS metabolism in the hippocampus and to improve cognitive function of aged rats. Intragas...

Myxinol tetra-acetate was examined by both nuclear-magnetic-resonance and mass-spectral techniques. The results are compared with corresponding data for 5alpha-ranol tetra-acetate and 5alpha-cyprinol tetra-acetate. The structure deduced for myxinol tetra-acetate, 3beta,7alpha,16alpha,27-tetrahydroxy-5beta-cholestane, is in agreement with that simultaneously arrived at by Haslewood (1966).

Tissue alpha-tocopherol concentrations were determined in 40 lambs following oral supplementation of various forms of vitamin E. Lambs were allocated to 8 dietary groups of 5 animals each and supplemented with or without equimolar amounts (300 mg equivalence) of different vitamin E compounds daily for 60 d as follows: 1) control, no supplemental vitamin E; 2) D-alpha-tocopheryl acetate; 3) DL-a...

PURPOSE To confirm the aqueous humor and lens dynamics of 1% deuterium-labeled alpha-tocopherol acetate (D(3)-VEA) solution. METHODS The concentrations of D(3)-VEA and D(3)-alpha-tocopherol (D(3)-VE), derived from D(3)-VEA, in the aqueous humor and lens were measured after continuous instillation of 1% D(3)-VEA into the cul-de-sac of rat eyes for 1 or 3 weeks. D(3)-VEA and D(3)-VE concentrati...

A method is described for the simultaneous measurement of probucol, retinol, tocopherols, lycopene, and carotenes by reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography. A high sensitivity was achieved by use of a microbore column and by monitoring the effluent at the optimum wavelengths of each substance with a diode array detector. The detection limits were lycopene 0.5 ng; alpha-carotene, b...

The title compound, C(19)H(14)N(2)O(4), crystallizes with two molecules with very similar conformations in the asymmetric unit; the angles between the two ring systems are 8.7 (1) and 4.2 (1)°. In the crystal, inter-molecular π-π inter-actions [centroid-centroid distance 3.973 (1) Å] lead to a three-dimensional network.

Despite convincing in vitro evidence, a vitamin C-E interaction has not been confirmed in vivo. This study was designed to examine the effects of supplementation with either vitamin C or E on their respective plasma concentrations, other antioxidants, lipids and some haemostatic variables. Fasting blood was collected before and after intervention from thirty healthy adults in a double-blinded c...

A high-performance liquid chromatography method is developed for the simultaneous determination of menadione, retinyl acetate, cholecalciferol, alpha-tocopherol, and alpha-tocopherol acetate in feed. The present study uses an enzyme to destroy the coating film, ethanol to extract free vitamins, and Oasis HLB cartridges to purify. Vitamins are separated using an Atlantis dC18 column. The mobile ...

It is well-established that amount of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) per somatic cell for a given species remains constant, irrespective of the nutritional status of the animal (1). Therefore, any variation in the mean amount of DNA per organ must be attributed to variations in either the mass or the number of cells of the tissue concerned. In the course of an investigation into the ac tivity of c...

Vitamin E (alpha-gamma-tocopherol) is an important component in biological membranes. A decrease in its concentration imposes structural and functional damage to the cells. The object of this study was to assess the effect of a graded dietary vitamin E (E) intake on E concentration in specific regions of the brain, and its influence on vitamin C levels and neurological function. Following a 2-m...