Tocopherols: Tocopherols (abbreviated as TCP) are a class of organic chemical compounds (specifically, various methylated phenols), many of which have vitamin E activity.
Because vitamin E activity was first identified in 1936 from a dietary fertility factor in rats, it was named "tocopherol", from the Greek τόκος tókos 'birth' and φέρειν pherein" to carry", i.e. "to carry a pregnancy", the ending "-ol" meaning...
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