Mohd Mutalip Siti Syairah, Ab-Rahim Sharaniza, Rajikin Mohd Hamim
Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Puncak Alam Campus, Selangor 42300, Malaysia.
Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Sg. Buloh Campus, Selangor 42300, Malaysia.
Antioxidants (Basel). 2018 Jan 26;7(2):22. doi: 10.3390/antiox7020022.
Vitamin E was first discovered in 1922 as a substance necessary for reproduction. Following this discovery, vitamin E was extensively studied, and it has become widely known as a powerful lipid-soluble antioxidant. There has been increasing interest in the role of vitamin E as an antioxidant, as it has been discovered to lower body cholesterol levels and act as an anticancer agent. Numerous studies have reported that vitamin E exhibits anti-proliferative, anti-survival, pro-apoptotic, and anti-angiogenic effects in cancer, as well as anti-inflammatory activities. There are various reports on the benefits of vitamin E on health in general. However, despite it being initially discovered as a vitamin necessary for reproduction, to date, studies relating to its effects in this area are lacking. Hence, this paper was written with the intention of providing a review of the known roles of vitamin E as an antioxidant in female reproductive health.
维生素E于1922年首次被发现是一种生殖所必需的物质。这一发现之后,维生素E得到了广泛研究,并且作为一种强大的脂溶性抗氧化剂而广为人知。人们对维生素E作为抗氧化剂的作用越来越感兴趣,因为它已被发现能够降低体内胆固醇水平并起到抗癌剂的作用。大量研究报告称,维生素E在癌症中表现出抗增殖、抗存活、促凋亡和抗血管生成作用,以及抗炎活性。关于维生素E对总体健康有益的报道有很多。然而,尽管它最初被发现是一种生殖所必需的维生素,但迄今为止,关于其在这一领域作用的研究却很缺乏。因此,撰写本文的目的是综述维生素E作为抗氧化剂在女性生殖健康中的已知作用。