Positive Health Effects of Tocotrienols; New Palm Oil Product
PRNewswire, Washington, DC, Sept. 18, 1998

With studies showing that a new antioxidant-tocotrienols, a type of vitamin E produced from palm oil-can supply positive health benefits, consumers soon will see this new product on store shelves.

The Archer Daniels Midland Co., for example, has announced plans to manufacture tocotrienols as a new product for the growing nutritional supplement market.

One recent study showing health benefits from tocotrienols was conducted by a team of researchers at Washington State University in Pullman, WA. It found that, in laboratory tests using mice, tocotrienols can inhibit growth of breast cancer cells. Researchers believe that cancer cells can absorb tocotrienols faster than normal cells, and that tocotrienols may, in clinical tests, prove helpful in preventing and treating breast cancer in humans.

Tocotrienol is also found in rice bran and wheat bran oils but in lower concentrations than in palm oil.

Source: Foods for the Future, 202-223-3532