α Tocopherol Vitamin E
Tocopherol (or TCP), a class of chemical compounds of which many have vitamin E activity, describes a series of organic compounds consisting of various methylated phenols. Vitamin E exists in eight different forms, four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. Alpha-tocopherol is the form of vitamin E that is preferentially absorbed and accumulated in humans. Tocotrienols, with four d- isomers, although less commonly known, also belong to the vitamin E family. Vitamin E is widely used as an inexpensive antioxidant in cosmetics and foods. Vitamin E containing products are commonly used in the belief that vitamin E is good for the skin; many cosmetics include it, often labeled as tocopherol acetate, tocopheryl linoleate or tocopheryl nicotinate. Vitamin E is often claimed by manufacturers of skin creams and lotions to play a role in encouraging skin healing and reducing scarring after injuries such as burns on the basis of limited research, but the weak evidence of a benefit of silicon gel sheeting with or without added Vitamin E is limited by the poor quality of the research.
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