The effect of age on vitamin E status, metabolism, and function -: Metabolism as assessed by labeled tocopherols
The effect of age on vitamin E status, metabolism, and function -: Metabolism as assessed by labeled tocopherols
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10.1196/annals.1331.004
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2004-01-01
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Winklhofer-Roob, BM
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Brigelius-Flohé, R;Roob, JM;Winklhofer-Roob, BM
The effects of age on vitamin E metabolism were studied in 97 healthy 20-75-year-old male nonsmoking Austrian volunteers of the VITAGE project. After a single oral intake of 30 mg d(6)-RRR-alpha- and d(2)-RRR-gamma-toco-pheryl acetate, blood and 24-hour urine was collected. Deuterated tocopherols in plasma and deuterated urinary metabolites were analyzed by GC-MS. A first evaluation revealed a similar uptake of d(6)-alpha- and d(2)-gamma-tocopherol during the first 6 hours, and then d(2)-gamma-tocopherol started to decrease. Urinary d(2)-gamma-carboxyethyl hydroxychroman metabolites (CEHCs) exceeded those of d(6)-alpha-CEHCs by about 10 times. There was no effect of age. Thus, there might be no need for a higher vitamin E intake for healthy elderly nonsmoking men.