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gamma-Tocopherol: an efficient protector of lipids against nitric oxide-initiated peroxidative damage
1Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA.
Nutrition Reviews
|November 14, 1997
Abstract:
Nitric oxide released by macrophages during inflammation reacts with active oxygen to form peroxynitrite. Peroxynitrite nitrates protein and peroxidizes lipids. gamma-Tocopherol traps peroxynitrite and is more effective than alpha-tocopherol in protecting lipids against such peroxidation.