part Part A: Introduction and Overview -- chapter 1 Tocotrienols: A Review -- chapter 2 Tocotrienols in Vitamin E: Hype or Science? -- part Part B: Sources -- chapter 3 Tocotrienols: Distribution and Sources Cereals—Role in Human Health -- chapter 4 Tocotrienols in Plants: Sources and Importance -- chapter 5 Vitamin E: Natural vs. Synthetic -- part Part C: Chemistry of Tocotrienols -- chapter 6 Angiogenesis Inhibition -- chapter 7 Chemistry of Tocotrienols -- part Part D: Mechanisms of Action -- chapter 8 Antioxidant Activity of Tocotrienols in Cells and Serum -- chapter 9 Antioxidant Action of Tocotrienols and Tocopherols in Solution and Membranes: Chemical and Physical Effects -- chapter 10 AntiProfiliferative and Apoptotic Effects of Tocotrienols on Normal and Neoplastic Mammary Epithelial Cells -- chapter 11 DNA Polymerase Inhibition -- chapter 12 Tocotrienols in Altering the Expression of Adhesion Molecules -- chapter 13 Uptake, Distribution and Protective Action of Tocotrienols in Cultured Cells -- part Part E: Cancer Prevention and Treatment -- chapter 14 Anticancer Effects of Tocotrienols and Tocopherols Irrespective of Anti-Oxidative Properties -- chapter 15 Role of the MevalonatePathway in Tocotrienol-Mediated Tumor Suppression -- chapter 16 Telomerase Inhibition -- part Part F: Heart Disease -- chapter 17 Tocopherol and Tocotrienols: Role in Heart Disease Care and Prevention -- chapter 18 Tocotrienols and the Regulation of Cholesterol Biosynthesis -- chapter 19 Tocotrienols in Cardiometabolic Diseases -- chapter 20 Tocotrienols in Hyperlipidemic Conditions -- chapter 21 Vitamin E Isomers, Tocotrienols, in Cardioprotection -- part Part G: Metabolism and Absorption -- chapter 22 Absorption and Disposition of Tocotrienols -- chapter 23 The Metabolism of Tocopherols and Tocotrienols and Novel Functions of Their Metabolites -- chapter 24 Tocotrienols Activate the Steroid and Xenobiotic Receptor SXR to Modulate Small Molecule Metabolism -- part Part H: Health Promotion -- chapter 25 Tocotrienols in the Potential Treatment of Infectious Disease -- chapter 26 Tocotrienols as Natural Neuroprotective Vitamins -- chapter 27 Gamma-Tocotrienol: Potential as a Countermeasure against Radiological Threat.