The Collaborative International Dictionary
vitamin E \vitamin E\ n. a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction. It is found in vegetable oils, butter, and eggs.
Syn: tocopherol, alpha-tocopherol.
Wiktionary
n. Any of several fat-soluble vitamins, found in plants, that act as antioxidants and are essential for reproduction; the tocopherols.
WordNet
n. a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body [syn: tocopherol, E]
Wikipedia
Vitamin E refers to a group of compounds that include both tocopherols and tocotrienols. Of the many different forms of vitamin E, γ-tocopherol is the most common form found in the North American diet. γ-Tocopherol can be found in corn oil, soybean oil, margarine, and dressings. α-tocopherol, the most biologically active form of vitamin E, is the second-most common form of vitamin E in the diet. This variant can be found most abundantly in wheat germ oil, sunflower, and safflower oils. As a fat-soluble antioxidant, it stops the production of reactive oxygen species formed when fat undergoes oxidation. Regular consumption of more than 1,000 mg (1,500 IU) of tocopherols per day may be expected to cause hypervitaminosis E, with an associated risk of vitamin K deficiency and consequently of bleeding problems.
Usage examples of "vitamin e".
So, knowing that vitamin E is an emulsifier for scar tissue, both external and internal, I put myself on a massive dose of it, even flying back to Britain to collect my supplies.
One of them's a hand cream and the other's hair conditioner, but they're all in there, along with a tube of Aloe Lip Preserver, some Cucumber Cleansing Milk, Honeyed Beeswax and Jojoba Oil Cleanser, Rhassoul Mud, Seaweed and Birch Shampoo, Rich Night Cream with Vitamin E, and a very great deal of cod liver oil.
It also contains vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin F, vitamin G, vitamin I, vitamin J, vitamin K, vitamin L, vitamin M, vitamin N, vitamin O, vitamin P, vitamin Q, vitamin R, vitamin T, vitamin U, vitamin V, vitamin W, vitamin X, vitamin Y, and, believe it or not, vitamin Z!
Vitamin C (discussed further in Chapter 13) and Vitamin E neutralize free radicals.
Doctors admit that a dietary deficiency can cause baldness, but they protest that it's yet to be shown that an overabundance of vitamins (which, if your diet is sound, is probably what you'd be getting if you took inositol or vitamin E straight from the bottle) will cure or prevent it.
I found what I had been scrounging for, and mouthed down some One-A-Days, a couple of B-50s, a gram of number C, and then some vitamin E, because it was there.
That, or he ate real well as a child and now wasn't getting enough Vitamin E.
Then you inject large quantities of Vitamin E-not the stuff you buy in the drugstore, of course-but real, power-packed Vitamin E.