What is Vitamin E?
[[Image:Tocopherol, alpha-.svg|thumb|tocopherol]] '''Vitamin E''' (which is also called '''Tocopherol''' or '''Tocotrienol''', '''E307''', '''E308''','''E309''') is a [[vitamin]]. There are eight forms of it, E<sub>1</sub> to E<sub>8</sub>. It can be found in [[vegetable oil]]s. Very often it is also added to [[lotion]]s and [[cream]]s for the [[skin]]. It is supposed to help the healing of the skin, after burns and [[injury|injuries]], and lower the risk of [[heart disease]] and [[cancer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/foodnut/09315.html|title=Fat-Soluble Vitamins|author=Anderson J, Young L|publisher=Colorado State University, Cooperative Extension|access-date=30 May 2007|archive-date=17 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517050502/http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/FOODNUT/09315.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Some research suggests that vitamin E has anti-aging benefits.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Masaki|first=Hitoshi|title=Role of antioxidants in the skin: Anti-aging effects|journal=Journal of Dermatological Science|date=May 2010|volume=58|issue=2|pages=85–90|publisher=Elsevier|doi=10.1016/j.jdermsci.2010.03.003 |pmid=20399614|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0923181110000782|access-date=22 February 2016}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{science-stub}} {{Vitamins}} {{Antioxidants}} [[Category:Fat-soluble vitamins]]