Vitamin E: A Skin Care Ally

By: Peter T. Pugliese, MD

Posted: August 27, 2009, from the September 2009 issue of Skin Inc. magazine.

Figures

• Figure 1: Chemical structure of tocopherols
• Figure 2: The four tocotrienols

Sidebars

• Natural Vitamin E Sources

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FOOTNOTES

a Alcohols are chemical compounds that contain one or more hydroxyl groups, often at the end of the compound.

b All these carbon atoms are numbered, but we really do not need to know that for our purpose.