title: Distribution of alpha-tocopherol stereoisomers in liver and thigh of chickens.
abstract: The effect of supplementation with different levels of all-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate and the inclusion of different dietary contents of PUFA on the deposition of alpha-tocopherol stereoisomers in liver and thigh of chickens was evaluated. Ninety-six 1-d-old Ross female broiler chickens were randomly distributed into eight experimental treatments (three replicates each) resulting from four levels of alpha-tocopheryl acetate without supplementation and supplemented with 100, 200 and 400 mg alpha-tocopheryl acetate/kg and two levels of dietary PUFA (15 and 61 g/kg). The feeds supplemented with alpha-tocopheryl acetate contained a similar proportion of each stereoisomer. The diets without alpha-tocopheryl acetate had the following alpha-tocopherol stereoisomers (%): RRR 35.1, RRS 24.5, RSR 25.3, RSS 13.9 and total 2S forms 1.3. Consumption of different levels of alpha-tocopheryl acetate did not lead to statistical differences in alpha-tocopherol stereoisomer proportion in the liver and thigh. In general, the stereoisomer profiles in the tissues studied were similar, responding to the stereoisomer profile of the diet. Both tissues preferentially accumulated 2R stereoisomer (69-100 %). However, when alpha-tocopheryl acetate was used the discrimination was not specific for the RRR alpha-tocopherol form. Furthermore, the 2R:2S ratio had a tendency to increase as the polyunsaturation level of the diet increased.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal and Food Science, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cortinas
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barroeta
authors.forename: Jaume
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Galobart
authors.forename: Søren K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Jensen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002645:Chickens / Q000378:metabolism*; D004032:Diet; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013848:Thigh; D024505:Tocopherols; D024502:alpha-Tocopherol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D024502:alpha-Tocopherol; D024505:Tocopherols