Delta-Tocopherol

Product name: Delta-Tocopherol 
CAS No.: 119-13-1
Molecular Formula: C27H46O2
Application:
E309 is an antioxidant for polyunsaturated fatty acids as well as a vitamin. Reported to be the most effective antioxidant of all the tocopherols in non-biological matter. It also protects other nutrients, such as Vitamin A, from oxidation but is largely destroyed by freezing.
Product Description:
 δ-Tocopherol is one of the chemical compounds that is considered vitamin E. As a food additive, it has E number E309.Vitamin E, known as the anti-sterility vitamin - from the Greek tokos (child) and pherein (bear), is fat-soluble and is a mixture of alpha-, beta-, gamma- and delta- tocopherols. Although eight chemically similar substances have Vitamin E activity, alpha- tocopherol is the most active of these (100%) with delta-tocopherol being 1% Vitamin E activity.