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THE four tocotrienols related to α-, β-, γ- and δ-toco-pherols have been reported to be present in palm oil1 (Table 1). Some of these compounds are not distributed widely; in fact, palm oil has hitherto been the only known source of δ-tocotrienol. This communication reports the presence in a sample of latex from the rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis, of a surprisingly large amount of free and esterified α-, γ- and δ-tocotrienols together with a much smaller amount of α-tocopherol.
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DUNPHY, P., WHITTLE, K., PENNOCK, J. et al. Identification and Estimation of Tocotrienols in Hevea Latex. Nature 207, 521–522 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/207521a0
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