This document provides information on vitamin E, including its chemistry, sources, pharmacological properties, therapeutic uses, contraindications, interactions, deficiency symptoms, side effects, and hypervitaminosis. Some key sources of vitamin E include sunflower seeds, almonds, hazelnuts, peanuts, and pine nuts. Vitamin E has properties such as preventing oxidative stress and supporting healthy skin. Therapeutic uses include conditions like angina, acne, Alzheimer's, and cancer. High doses may prolong bleeding time, while deficiency can cause digestive issues and neuropathy.

2. • What is Vitamin ?
Introduction

3. Chemistry of vitamin E

4. structure

5. structure

6. Sources of vitamin

7. Sunflower Seeds
• One ounce of dry-
roasted sunflower
seeds delivers 7.4 mg
of vitamin E.

8. • Almonds (7.3 mg of
vitamin E per ounce)
• Hazelnuts (4.3 mg of
vitamin E per ounce)
• peanuts (2.2 mg of
vitamin E per ounce)
• Pine nuts (One ounce
of pine nuts contains
2.6 mg of vitamin E)

9. Turnip Greens
• A half cup has 2.9 mg
of vitamin E

10. Tomatoes
• A quarter cup of
tomato paste has
2.8 mg of
vitamin E.

11. Avocado
• Half an avocado
has 2.1 mg of
vitamin E and
161 calories.

12. Pharmacological properties
1. Prevention of oxidative stress
2. Supporting healthy skin
3. Vitamin E inhibits platelet aggregation
4. Vitamin E may be involved in signal transduction in
neuronal cells

13. Therapeutic indications
• Angina
pectoris
• Acne
• Alzheimer’s
disease
• Cancer
• Cataracts
• complications in late
pregnancy
• Diabetes
• Psoriasis
• Parkinson’s disease
• Respiratory infection
etc.

14. Contraindications
• Contraindications have not yet been
identified.

15. Interactions
1. Vitamin E may increase the anticoagulant
effect of warfarin.
2. may decrease the benefits of atorvastatin
therapy.
3. Plasma levels of vitamin E may be lowered
by anticonvulsants.

16. Nutrient Interactions
1. Vitamin C
2. Glutathione
3. Selenium
4. Vitamin B3

17. Deficiency syndrome
1. digestive system problems
2. peripheral neuropathy

18. Side effects
• High doses of vitamin E may prolong
bleeding time.

19. Hypervitaminosis
1. Intestinal cramps
2. Diarrhea
3. Fatigue
4. Double vision
5. Muscle weakness

20. Sources
1. http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=111
2. http://painandbrainhealingcenter.com/vitaminearticle.html#.UnnXhHCBl
fB
3. http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2012/07/high-consumption-of-vitamin-e-may-
lower-liver-cancer-risk/
4. http://www.antioxidantsdetective.com/vitamin-e-facts.html
5. http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-954-
VITAMIN%20E.aspx?activeIngredientId=954&activeIngredientName=VI
TAMIN%20E

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