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Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
fat-soluble vitamin biosynthetic process +   
fat-soluble vitamin catabolic process +   
vitamin A metabolic process +   
vitamin D metabolic process +   
vitamin E metabolic process +   
The chemical reactions and pathways involving vitamin E, tocopherol, which includes a series of eight structurally similar compounds. Alpha-tocopherol is the most active form in humans and is a powerful biological antioxidant.
vitamin K metabolic process +   

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: tocopherol metabolic process ;   tocopherol metabolism ;   vitamin E metabolism
Narrow Synonyms: alpha-tocopherol metabolic process ;   alpha-tocopherol metabolism
Xrefs: Reactome:R-HSA-8877627 "Vitamin E"
Definition Sources: GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732

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