TABLE 2.

Summary of properties of the different compounds used in this study

Compound	Inserts in membranes	Antioxidant activity	Protects cells from edelfosinea
α-Tocopherol	Yes	Yes	Yes
γ-Tocopherol	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chromanol	Yes	Yes	Partially
α-Tocopheryl succinate	Yes	After hydrolysis	Yes (delay)
Me-α-tocopherol	Yes	No	No
Me-chromanol	Yes	No	No
Trolox	No	Yes	No (even at mm)

^a All compounds were tested at 25 μm in the presence of 10 μg/ml (19 μm) of edelfosine.