oral administration of vitamin e ( 100 mg tocopherol x kg-1 x day-1 ) as tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate ( tpgs ) to a child with congenital hepatic cholestasis ( unresponsive to oral administration of dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate ) promoted an increase of tocopherol in plasma and adipose tissue while tocopheryl acetate emulsified with medium chain triglycerides and polysorbate 80 ( mct-e ) did not . alpha-tocopherol absorption , quantitated in thoracic duct-cannulated rats receiving intraduodenal infusions of soybean oil and saline , was similar for tpgs , mct-e , and dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate ;
C0042874
vitamin e
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tocopheryl acetate