Occurrence of Tocols in Foods: An Updated Shot of Current Databases

Table 1

Levels of tocols in different foodstuff.

	Compound	Content	Reference
Raw foods
Macauba fruits	α-Tocopherol	4373 μg/100 g	[29]
Cauliflower	α-Tocopherol and γ-tocopherol	23.47 mg/100 g and 74.55 mg/100 g	[30]
Yellow passion fruit (Passiflora edulis)	γ-Tocopherol	0.045 mg/100 g	[31]
Broccoli	Tocopherols	286 μg/g	[21]
Pitaya, jackfruit, durians, mango, and papaya fruits	α-Tocopherol	0.45, 0.20, 0.36, 0.16, and 0.26 mg/100 g DW	[32]
Oat, corn, spelt, buckwheat, wheat, rye, and rice bran	Total tocochromanol	5.5, 16.2, 15.8, 14.7, 12.8, 10.7, and 9.1 mg/100 g DW	[33]
Annatto seeds	γ–Tocotrienol, total tocotrienols	3.7 and 28.9 g/100 g extract	[34]
Barely grain	α-Tocotrienol, γ-tocotrienol, α-tocopherol, and γ-tocopherol	16.26, 4.67, 7.14, 0.55 mg/100 g DW	[35]
Einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum ssp. monococcum L.)	α- and β-tocopherol and tocotrienol	12.2 mg/g dm, 4.79 mg/g dm, 12.7 mg/g dm, and 48.2 mg/g dm	[36]
Sesamum angustifolium	Tocopherol	7.34 mg α-TE/100 g	[37]
Hazelnuts	Tocols	41.9 mg/100g	[38]
Barley genotypes (Hordeum vulgare L.)	Total tocols	39.9 and 81.6 μg/g	[39]
Irish barley	α-Tocotrienol	46–58 μg/g dw	[40]
Fresh goji berries	α-Tocopherol and β-tocopherol	1.4 and 1.0 mg/100 g	[41]
Oils
Sea buckthorn berries pulp oil	Total tocols	666–1788 mg/kg	[42]
Cold-pressed Moringa oleifera and Moringa peregrina seed oils	α-Tocopherol	139.61 and 137.89 mg/kg	[43]
Cane berry seed oils	Total tocopherols	75–290 mg/100 g	[44]
Apple, Japanese quince, and sea buckthorn seed oils	α-Tocopherol	58.77, 121.79, and 198.94 mg/100 g	[45]
Rapeseed, sunflower seed, linseed, sesame, and maize oils	α-Tocopherol, β-tocopherol, γ-tocopherol, and δ-tocopherol	0.6–46.1 mg/100 g	[46]
Cold-pressed pumpkin seed (Cucurbita pepo L.) oil	Tocopherol and tocotrienol	94.29–97.79 mg/100 g	[47]
Soybean, corn, olive, and camellia oils	Total tocopherols	39.9 mg/100 g, 36.06 mg/100 g, 29.42 mg/100 g, and 17.72 mg/100 g	[48]
Sunflower, soybean, corn, hazelnut, peanut, and canola oils	Total tocols	488.88–913.51 mg/kg	[49]