Which vitamin is called an anti-sterility vitamin?

Vitamin E is known as 'anti-sterility vitamin' or 'fertility vitamin'. Chemically, vitamin E is tocopherol. The term tocopherol has been derived from Greek words (tokos = child birth, pheros = to bear and -ol = alcohol). Tocopherol is alcohol in nature and is required for fertility in rats and other animals. read more

The vitamin E story is a fascinating cooperation between biochemists, but what comes out of it is that vitamin E is readily oxidised, and in the oxidation process acts as an anti oxidant, giving protection to the cells of the body. read more

The anti-sterility vitamin. — Vitamin “E” is sometimes called the anti-sterility vitamin, because without vitamin E in the ration of animals there is sterility of males and a reproductive failure in females. read more

Chemically, vitamin E is tocopherol. The term tocopherol has been derived from Greek words (tokos = child birth, pheros = to bear and -ol = alcohol). Tocopherol is alcohol in nature and is required for fertility in rats and other animals. Vitamin E has no role as ‘anti-sterility vitamin’ or ‘fertility vitamin’ in humans. read more

31 July 1928, Meriden (CT) Record, “Vitamin E and Sterility” ("Diet and Health” by Lulu Hunt Peters, M. D.), pg. 13, col. 5: This anti-sterility vitamin you refer to is called vitamin E. It was discovered through the work of Drs. Evans and Bishop of the University of California. read more