KROK 1 2019 – Question 81 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
The Gerontology Institute recommends older people to take vitamin complexes that contain vitamin E. What is the main function of this vitamin?
- A. Antihemorrhagic
- B. Antineuritic
- C. Antiscorbutic
- D. Antioxidant
- E. Antidermatitic
Hint
Recall in which part of the cell tocopherol is located and what chemical reaction it takes part in there, then match that to the activities listed rather than to a deficiency disease.
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