α-Tocopheryl phosphate—An activated form of vitamin E important for angiogenesis and vasculogenesis?

Hydrolysis of RRR-α-tocopheryl acetate (

Hydrolysis of RRR-α-tocopheryl acetate (vitamin E acetate) in the skin and its UV protecting activity (an in vivo study with the rat)

✍ Gerard M.J. Beijersbergen van Henegouwen; Hans E. Junginger; Henk de Vries 📂 Article 📅 1995 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 773 KB

Vitamin E acetate is often used rather than vitamin E as an ingredient of skin care products and dermatological preparations, because it lacks the free phenolic OH group. However, because of this the acetate as such is biologically inactive. In spite of this intrinsic inactivity, the skin is protect