Version 2.78

Part Descriptions

LP15369-9   Alpha tocopherol
Tocopherols (or TCP) are a class of chemical compounds of which many have vitamin E activity. It is a series of organic compounds consisting of various methylated phenols.

alpha-Tocopherol is the main source found in supplements and in the European diet, while gamma-tocopherol is the most common form in the American diet. The compound alpha-tocopherol, a common form of tocopherol added to food products, is denoted by the E number E307. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Wikipedia

LP15369-9   Alpha tocopherol
Vitamin E is fat soluble, and malabsorption and deficiency may develop in cases of chronic intraluminal intestinal bile deficiency. This has been particularly noted in premature infants and children with biliary atresia or cystic fibrosis (chronic intrahepatic cholestasis). Clinically this may lead to a hemolytic anemia, due to increased erythrocyte fragility, or to a slowly progressive neurologic disorder characterized by ataxia, areflexia, gaze disturbances, and loss of proprioception and vibratory sensation. A similar syndrome has been reported in adults with malabsorption. The syndrome may respond to treatment with parenteral vitamin E.
Early treatment with vitamin E may delay or prevent the neuropathy with ataxia that develops during the course of abetalipoproteinemia. Vitamin E therapy, in some cases, may have a favorable effect on moderate and severe cases of the retinopathy of prematurity and the retinopathy of abetalipoproteinemia. While lipid malabsorption syndrome (with steatorrhea and malabsorption of vitamin E) may be etiologically related to ataxic spinocerebellar neurologic degenerative disease, there are reports of familial and sporadic vitamin E deficiency with neurologic impairment in the absence of fat malabsorption or demonstrated plasma lipoprotein level abnormality. An inherited defect in hepatocyte secretion of vitamin E into lipoprotein has been proposed. The importance of not overlooking a treatable cause of neurologic degenerative disease has been emphasized. Source: LOINC partner 1

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Alpha tocopherol
Property
SCnc
Time
Pt
System
Ser/Plas
Scale
Qn
Method

Additional Names

Short Name
A-Tocopherol Vit E SerPl-sCnc
Display Name
Alpha tocopherol [Moles/Vol]
Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
Alpha tocopherol, Blood

Basic Attributes

Class
CHEM
Type
Laboratory
First Released
Version 1.0k
Last Updated
Version 2.73
Order vs. Observation
Both
Common Test Rank Get Info
11346

Member of these Groups Get Info

LOINC Group Group Name
LG42405-7 Alpha tocopherol|Pt|Ser/Plas

Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
de-AT German (Austria) Synonyms: Vitamin E
de-DE German (Germany) Alpha-Tocopherol:Stoffmengenkonzentration:Zeitpunkt:Serum oder Plasma:Quantitativ:
es-AR Spanish (Argentina) alfa tocoferol:concentración de sustancia:punto en el tiempo:suero:cuantitativo:
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Alfa-tocoferol:Concentración de sustancia:Punto temporal:Suero o Plasma:Qn:
Synonyms: Cuantitativo
es-MX Spanish (Mexico) Alfa tocoferol:Concentración de sustancias:Punto temporal:Suero o Plasma:Cuantitativo:
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Alfatokoferool:SCnc:Pt:S/P:Qn:
Synonyms: Aine kontsentratsioon Juhuslik Kvantitatiivne Plasma Seerum Seerum või plasma
fr-CA French (Canada) Alpha-tocophérol:Concentration de substance:Temps ponctuel:Sérum/Plasma:Quantitatif:
fr-FR French (France) Alpha tocophérol:Moles/Volume:Ponctuel:Sérum/Plasma:Numérique:
fr-BE French (Belgium) Alpha-tocophérol:Concentration de substance:Temps ponctuel:Sérum/Plasma:Quantitatif:
it-IT Italian (Italy) Alfa tocoferolo:SCnc:Pt:Siero/Plasma:Qn:
Synonyms: Chimica Concentrazione di Sostanza Plasma Punto nel tempo (episodio) Siero Siero o Plasma
ko-KR Korean (Korea, Republic Of) 알파 토코페롤:물질농도:검사시점:혈청/혈장:정량:
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) alfa-tocoferol:mol/volume:moment:serum of plasma:kwantitatief:
Synonyms: vitamine E
pt-BR Portuguese (Brazil) Alfa tocoferol:SCnc:Pt:Sor/Plas:Qn:
Synonyms: ; A-Tocopherol Vit E; Tocopherols; Substance concentration; Level; Point in time; Random; SerPl; SerPlas; SerP; Serum; SR; Plasma; Pl; Plsm; Quantitative; QNT; Quant; Quan; Vitamin E; Alfa; Chemistry
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Альфа токоферол:МолКонц:ТчкВрм:Сыв/Плаз:Колич:
Synonyms: Альфа-токоферол Количественный Молярность;Молярная объёмная концентрация Плазма Сыворотка Сыворотка или Плазма Точка во времени;Момент
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Alfa tokoferol:SubKons:Zmlı:Ser/Plaz:Kant:
zh-CN Chinese (China) Alpha 生育酚:物质的量浓度:时间点:血清/血浆:定量型:
Synonyms: Alpha-生育酚;A-Tocopherol Vit E;A-生育酚 Vit E;Vit E;α 生育酚;α-生育酚;生育酚;生育酚类;维生素 E Vit E α 克分子浓度;克分子浓度(单位体积);摩尔浓度;摩尔浓度(单位体积);物质的量浓度(单位体积) 化学;化学检验项目;化学检验项目类;化学类;化学试验;非刺激耐受型化学检验项目;非刺激耐受型化学检验项目类;非刺激耐受型化学试验;非刺激耐受型化学试验类 可用数量表示的;定量性;数值型;数量型;连续数值型标尺 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间 维生素 E 血清或血浆 阿尔法

Example Units

Unit Source
umol/L Example UCUM Units
umol/L eCHN

LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info

CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=14590-4