I just came across this on sciencedaily.com, which reposted the text to this article here:
http://researchnews....rchive/vite.htm
Using laboratory techniques that allowed them to detect the activity of the quinones inside the cells, the researchers found that the gamma-tocopherol quinone formed a compound which destroyed that cell. It did so by preventing proper protein folding in the cells, which causes a cellular response that is involved in a variety of human diseases, including diabetes and Parkinson's disease.
However, the alpha-tocopherol quinone did not kill cells, nor did it interfere with protein folding. The researchers repeated their experiments on kidney cells cultured from monkeys and on skin cells cultured from mice and found similar results.
“We think that gamma-tocopherol may have this kind of damaging effect on nearly every type of cell in the body,” Ma said.
Ortho Core Vitamin E comlex:
Vitamin E Complex ……………………………………. 100 mg *
Tocopherols: 90 mg
alpha-tocopherol …………………………… 15 mg 22 IU 186%
beta-tocopherol …………………………….. 1.5 mg *
gamma-tocopherol………………………….. 52 mg *
delta-tocopherol…………………………….. 22 mg *
Tocotrienols: 10 mg *
alpha-tocotrienol …………………………… 3 mg *
beta-tocotrienol …………………………….. 0.1 mg *
gamma-tocotrienol …………………………. 6 mg *
delta-tocotrienol…………………………….. 1.3 mg *
That's 52 mg gamma-tocopherol. [huh]
Any more information?
