研究し尽くされたはずのビタミンE：次々と発見されるエステル体の生理作用とメカニズム

抄録

Various effects of the most commonly used Vitamin E have been thought to be due to its antioxidative effect. Recently, α-tocopheryl succinate(Toco-S), an ester of Vitamin E, which lacks antioxidative ability, has been gaining considerable attention, because Toco-S has various biological activities such as induction of apoptosis and activation of protein kinase C. All of these effects of Toco-S are completely different from those of vitamin E. In this article, different effects of Vitamin E and Toco-S are described mainly based on their physical properties.