FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term vitamin E metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0042360 (Gene Ontology)
Definition 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.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As "tocopherol metabolic process" ; "tocopherol metabolism" ; "vitamin E metabolism"
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  cellular process
   |__metabolic process
       |__vitamin E metabolic process
           |__vitamin E biosynthetic process
               |__regulation of vitamin E biosynthetic process(+)
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  • "alpha-tocopherol metabolic process" NARROW
    "alpha-tocopherol metabolism" NARROW
    "tocopherol metabolic process" EXACT
    "tocopherol metabolism" EXACT
    "vitamin E metabolism" EXACT
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Reactome:R-HSA-8877627 "Vitamin E"