Showing metabocard for Beta-tocopherol (MMDBc0049707)
Record Information
Version
1.0
Status
Detected and Quantified
Creation Date
2022-04-29 22:40:34 UTC
Update Date
2022-09-01 02:16:29 UTC
MiMeDB ID
MMDBc0049707
Metabolite Identification
Common Name
Beta-tocopherol
Description
beta-Tocopherol is an antioxidant which is synthesized by photosynthetic organisms and plays an important role in human and animal nutrition. beta-Tocopherols can be oxidized in dry CH2Cl2 or CH3CN by one electron to form cation radicals that deprotonate to form the neutral phenoxyl radicals, which are then immediately further oxidized by one electron to the phenoxonium cations (an ECE electrochemical mechanism, where E signifies an electron transfer and C represents a chemical step, with the electrochemical mechanism having been determined by in situ spectroscopic analysis). The phenoxonium cation of beta-tocopherol is stable for several minutes (PMID: 16771430 ). beta-Tocopherol has been identified in the human placenta (PMID: 32033212 ).
Wilson GJ, Lin CY, Webster RD: Significant differences in the electrochemical behavior of the alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta-tocopherols (vitamin E). J Phys Chem B. 2006 Jun 15;110(23):11540-8. doi: 10.1021/jp0604802. [PubMed:16771430 ]
Elshenawy S, Pinney SE, Stuart T, Doulias PT, Zura G, Parry S, Elovitz MA, Bennett MJ, Bansal A, Strauss JF 3rd, Ischiropoulos H, Simmons RA: The Metabolomic Signature of the Placenta in Spontaneous Preterm Birth. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Feb 4;21(3). pii: ijms21031043. doi: 10.3390/ijms21031043. [PubMed:32033212 ]
