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Six [CH][AA] ILs, derived from alanine, serine, proline, glycine, leucine and lysine, were synthesized and evaluated for their extraction efficiency. Most of these ILs demonstrated significant efficacy in extracting tocotrienols and tocopherols, with the lysine-based IL showing the highest performance, extracting over 200 mg kg\u207b\u00b9. In terms of extraction efficiency, the ILs ranked as follows: lysine &gt; proline &gt; glycine &gt; serine &gt; leucine &gt; methanol (not an IL) &gt; alanine. 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