Which of the following is a property of the tocopherols?

a. Easily destroyed by air and oxygen
b. Act as precursors for the menaquinones
c. May dissolve from foods into cooking water
d. Absorbed from the intestines into the portal circulation
e. Very resistant to degradation


ANS: A

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