I-Vitamin E iyivithamini encibilikayo ngamafutha, futhi umkhiqizo wayo we-hydrolyzed i-tocopherol, okungenye ye-antioxidants ebaluleke kakhulu.
I-tocopherol yemvelo ingu-D – tocopherol (kwesokudla), ine-α, β, ϒ、δ nezinye izinhlobo eziyisishiyagalombili zama-isomer, umsebenzi wawo we-α-tocopherol uqine kakhulu. I-tocopherol exutshwe okugxilwe esetshenziswa njengama-antioxidants iyinhlanganisela yama-isomer ahlukahlukene we-tocopherol yemvelo. Isetshenziswa kakhulu kumpushana wobisi oluphelele, ukhilimu noma imajarini, imikhiqizo yenyama, imikhiqizo yasemanzini, imifino ephelelwe amanzi, iziphuzo zezithelo, ukudla okuqandisiwe nokudla okulula, ikakhulukazi i-tocopherol njenge-antioxidant kanye ne-agent yokuqinisa umsoco wokudla kwezingane, ukudla okwelapha, ukudla okuqinile. njalo njalo.