Powerful antioxidant protection comes from the tocotrienols in Nutricology Delta-Fraction Tocotrienols 50 mg. With no tocopherols, annatto beans provide delta and gamma-tocotrienols, the strongest form of the four tocotrienols which make up the vitamin E family. Free radicals, created by normal biological processes or environmental stressors, can damage cell membranes and DNA; our oil-soluble tocotrienols protect against free radical damage.

Tocotrienols have been shown to strengthen arterial walls, and to support blood flow through arteries (coronary, carotid, and peripheral). Tocotrienols help prevent the oxidation of LDL cholesterol, and some studies suggest that tocotrienols may prevent cholesterol oxidation more effectively than tocopherols. Unlike tocopherols, delta- and gamma-tocotrienols also support healthy levels of cholesterol, including total and LDL cholesterol. Tocotrienols have an inhibitory effect on HMG-CoA reductase, the liver enzyme that is critical to the rate at which cholesterol is synthesized. Tocotrienols may potentially support endothelial functions and overall cardiovascular health in other ways, including supporting healthy levels of thromboxane, adhesion molecules, and C-reactive protein (CRP), and healthy platelet aggregation. Tocotrienols do not lower plasma coenzyme Q10 as do the statin drugs, but instead increase it.