Table 3.

Serum and colon levels of total tocopherols and their metabolites

Group	α-T	γ-T	δ-T	γ-CEHC	δ-CEHC	γ-CMBHC	δ-CMBHC	γ-CDMDHC	δ-CDMDHC
Serum Levels (μM)
Control	14.39 ± 6.13	0.09 ± 0.02	0.02 ± 0.01	0.01 ± 0.00	0.13 ± 0.02	0.02 ± 0.00	0	0	0
0.2% α-T	30.65 ± 6.28‡	0.16 ± 0.06	0.09 ± 0.03	0.04 ± 0.01	0.32 ± 0.03	0	0	0	0
0.2% γ-T	4.51 ± 4.35†	21.20 ± 9.56‡	0.02 ± 0.00	6.07 ± 1.77‡	0.14 ± 0.00	0.12 ± 0.04‡	0	0.10 ± 0.04‡	0
0.2% δ-T	7.74 ± 4.58	1.17 ± 0.71	6.69 ± 3.63‡	0.49 ± 0.21	23.32 ± 5.29‡	0.02 ± 0.00	0.23 ± 0.08‡	0	0.70±0.01‡
Colon Levels (nmol/g)
Control	18.85 ± 2.80	0.38 ± 0.39	0.02 ± 0.01	0.05 ± 0.04	0.12 ± 0.10	0	0	0	0.15 ± 0.07
0.2% α-T	34.83 ± 1.92‡	0.47 ± 0.32	0.04 ± 0.02	0.15 ± 0.20	1.29 ± 1.42	0.13 ± 0.20	0	0	0.21 ± 0.04
0.2% γ-T	13.44 ± 1.52†	21.49 ± 3.26‡	0.05 ± 0.06	6.91 ± 7.62†	0.16 ± 0.07	0.65 ± 1.01	0	0.05 ± 0.03‡	0.17 ± 0.05
0.2% δ-T	18.05 ± 0.88	1.52 ± 0.71	16.91 ± 7.11‡	0.37 ± 0.34	7.60 ± 4.95‡	0.04 ± 0.04	0.36 ± 0.27‡	0.05 ± 0.02‡	0.37 ± 0.06‡

Note: The samples were from the short term experiment. Values are mean ± SD. n = 5.

^†The value is different from that of the AOM-treated positive control group (p < 0.05 by the ANOVA-Dunnett’s test).

^‡p < 0.01 by the ANOVA-Dunnett’s test.