Interaction between vitamin E and other nutrients in foods

8 Interaction between vitamin E and other nutrients in foods 

There has been substantial attention given to the interactions between vitamin E and either selenium or vitamin C. The majority of work concerning selenium in meat-producing animals has dealt with animal disease rather than effects on quality of muscle foods. Selenium is part of the antioxidant enzyme, glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx). Yamauchi et al. (1984b) presented evidence for a compensational relationship between 

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