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Bioavailability of α-tocopherol stereoisomers in rats depends on dietary doses of all-rac- or RRR-α-tocopheryl acetate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2007

Søren K. Jensen ,
Jan V. Nørgaard  and
Charlotte Lauridsen
Søren K. Jensen*
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Research Centre Foulum, Box 50, DK-8830 TjeleDenmark
Jan V. Nørgaard
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Research Centre Foulum, Box 50, DK-8830 TjeleDenmark
Charlotte Lauridsen
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Research Centre Foulum, Box 50, DK-8830 TjeleDenmark
*
*Corresponding author: fax +45 89991166, email sorenKrogh.Jensen@agrsci.dk
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The biological function of the stereoisomers of α-tocopherol is believed to depend on their bioavailability. Assessment of bioavailability within the body is therefore considered to be a good and easy way to predict biological value. The separation of α-tocopherol methyl ethers by chiral column HPLC is a good and easy tool with which to study the distribution of α-tocopherol stereoisomers. The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the bioavailability and distribution of the stereoisomers of α-tocopherol in the plasma and tissue in growing rats fed 25, 50, 100 or 200mg/kg diet of either RRR- or all-rac-α-tocopheryl acetate for 10d. The ratio between the two vitamin E sources based on their α-tocopherol concentration in plasma and tissues varied in the plasma between 1·04 and 1·74 and in tissues, ratios of 0·84–1·24 for liver, 0·34–1·59 for lung and 0·75–1·50 for spleen were obtained. An increasing dietary level of all-rac-α-tocopheryl acetate decreased the proportion of RRR-α-tocopherol, whereas the other stereoisomers were not affected. RRS-α-Tocopherol was present in the highest proportion, followed by RSR-, RSS- and RRR-α-tocopherol. In contrast to the other tissues and plasma, the liver contained the highest proportion (29–33%) of the four 2S stereoisomers of total α-tocopherol. Rats fed RRR-α-tocopheryl acetate for 10d showed a significant increase in the plasma and tissue content of RRR-α-tocopherol and a simultaneous decrease in the other three 2R isomers, whereas the absolute content of the 2S isomers was unaffected. In adipose tissue, concentrations of the three synthetic 2R isomers remained constant, whereas there was a steep increase in the content of RRR-α-tocopherol.

Keywords

BioavailabilityBiodiscriminationAbsorptionα-Tocopherol stereoisomersRatsVitamin E
Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 95 , Issue 3 , March 2006 , pp. 477 - 487
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2006

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