For therapeutic use only. These effects will disappear when the intake of the vitamin is discontinued. Vitamin E is metabolized by the liver and excreted primarily in the bile. It serves as an antioxidant to protect vital membranes from peroxidative damage. It may also have a coenzyme role in heme biosynthesis, steroid metabolism and collagen formation but remains to be learned relative to its molecular function.
Selenium is bound to protein derived amino acids.
It protects cells from oxidative and free radical change that hastens cell death. It is important as a component of glutathione peroxidase, as protective anti-oxidant enzyme broadly distributed throughout the body. Vitamin E with Selenium Fact Sheet Wampole Products are available at your pharmacy. Back to the Wampole Products top level.