Jul 14, 2000 10:15
24 yrs ago
German term

Zellenschutzvitamin

Non-PRO German to English Medical
Vitamin E wird deshalb auch als Zellenschutzvitamin bezeichnet.

Proposed translations

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"is so well known for..."

There doesn't seem to be a well-known term that can be used in English in a sentence like "That's why vitamin E is known as the xxx", so the only reasonable solution is "That is why vitamin E is so well known for protecting cells."
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43 mins

cytoprotective agent

Many references through http://www.altavista.digital.com, searching under "Vitamin E" +cytoprotective.
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1 day 5 hrs

Cell-protecting vitamin

The full sentence would read

It is for this reason that Vitamin C is referred to as a cell-protector/cell-protecting/protective vitamin.

This is probably in reference to Vitamin C's antioxidant properties
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