[Redistribution of alimentary vitamin E in tissues of irradiated rats]

The data are presented in this paper concerning the content of lipopigments, vitamin E and malondialdehyde (MDA) in the brain and liver of rats. Excess vitamin E delivered with food was shown to be bound in tissues into complex with MDA. It is suggested that it is a labile form that reserves vitamin E. Irradiation of rats caused impairment of these complex and release of vitamin E, as well as a decrease in the lipopigment fluorescence and increase in the MDA content.