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[s123]

I look for information on how to convert IU to mg. I know that these are different for all the vitamins (and other chemicals). For example 1 IU Vitamin C = 50 µg L-ascorbic acid.

[stephen_b]

Wikipedia has a short article on international units.

Stephen

[s123]

I saw this too but on this moment I was looking for gamma-tocoferol and that isn't there. It would be handy if I had a list of substances and the conversion. But thanks for the reply.

[stephen_b]

The more I think of it, whoever heard of a unit for the same type of thing (molecules) that varied according to the material it is applied to? That's really bizarre to me coming from an engineering background...

Stephen

[krillin]

I saw this too but on this moment I was looking for gamma-tocoferol and that isn't there. It would be handy if I had a list of substances and the conversion. But thanks for the reply.

Only alpha tocopherol is officially vitamin E, so the other vitamers don't count in the IU tally.