date:May 15, 2012
While the antioxidant power of vitamin E is well established, few human studies exist that support the effects of the vitamin E supplementation on the fluidity of the membrane of red blood cells (erythrocytes), said to be an indirect marker of oxidative stress.
New data published in Nutrition Research indicate that four weeks of supplementation with vitamin E were associated with significant improvements in erythrocyte membrane fluidity, as well as decreased red blood cell rupturing (erythrocy