Table 2.

Tocopherol concentration in the lung and serum of mice 8 days after instillation of saline or bleomycin. Tocopherol content was assessed by HPLC as per the methods section. Tocopherols were successfully absorbed and distributed to the lung and concentrations (expressed as mean ± standard error) increased in those fed 0.3%γTmT diet accordingly.

	α-T	β-T	γ-T
Treatment Group	Serum (µM)
PBS/AIN93M	0.13 ± 0.02	7.72 ± 0.51	0.07 ± 0
ITB/AIN93M	0.06 ± 0.01*	7.62 ± 0.81	0.14 ± 0.01*
ITB/0.3%γTmT	0.55 ± 0.04*,+	10.60 ± 0.67*,+	0.08 ± 0+
	Lung Tocopherols (µmol/kg)
PBS/AIN93M	0.41 ± 0.03	14.83 ± 3.40	0.09 ± 0
ITB/AIN93M	0.72 ± 0.14*	16.47 ± 2.92	0.22 ± 0.06*
ITB/0.3%γTmT	2.9 ± 0.56*,+	28.45 ± 5.80*,+	1.55 ± 0.29*,+

^*statistically different from PBS/AIN93M and

⁺statistically different from ITB/AIN93M (p<0.05).