tocopherol
noun
Example Sentences
Good Housekeeping, 4 Mar. 2020 The three most common allergens were fragrances, parabens and tocopherol. Jane E. Brody, idahostatesman, 29 Oct. 2017 The three most common allergens were fragrances, parabens and tocopherol. Jane E. Brody, idahostatesman, 29 Oct. 2017 The three most common allergens were fragrances, parabens and tocopherol. Jane E. Brody, idahostatesman, 29 Oct. 2017 The three most common allergens were fragrances, parabens and tocopherol. Jane E. Brody, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2017 The three most common allergens were fragrances, parabens and tocopherol. Jane E. Brody, idahostatesman, 29 Oct. 2017 The three most common allergens were fragrances, parabens and tocopherol. Jane E. Brody, idahostatesman, 29 Oct. 2017 The three most common allergens were fragrances, parabens and tocopherol. Jane E. Brody, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2017 See More Word History
toco- (combining form from Greek tókos "childbirth, act of giving birth [of animals]") + Greek phérein "to carry, bring, bring about, produce" + -ol entry 1; so named because it was found to be a dietary factor essential for reproduction in rats — more at dystocia, bear entry 2
Note: The name tocopherol was introduced in an article by the American anatomist and embryologist Herbert McLean Evans (1882-1971), the biochemist and nutritionist Gladys Anderson Emerson (1903-84), and the biochemist Oliver Huddleston Emerson ("The isolation from wheat germ oil of an alcohol, α-tocopherol, having the properties of Vitamin E," Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 113, no. 1 [February 1, 1936], pp. 319-32). The isolation of α-tocopherol is generally credited to Gladys Emerson.
circa 1936, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing tocopherol
Medical Definition
tocopherol
noun
-ˌrōl