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Vitamin C in health and disease.

1997; Linguagem: Inglês

Lester Packer, J. Fuchs,

Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research

History of vitamin C: a history of scurvy and vitamin C. Chemistry and biochemistry: an overview of ascorbic acid chemistry and biochemistry antioxidant and prooxidant properties of vitamin C the vitamin C radical and its reactions vitamin C and redox cycling antioxidants regeneration of vitamin C protein glycation by the oxidation products of ascorbic acid ascorbate membrane transport properties. Physiology and biomedical aspects: vitamin C as an antiatherogen - mechanisms of action protection of human low-density lipoprotein from oxidative modification by vitamin C diet and oxidative damage to DNA - the importance of ascorbate as an antioxidant vitamin C, collagen biosynthesis and aging oxidative stress and ascorbate in relation to risk for cataract and age-related maculopathy antioxidant action of vitamin C in the lung vitamin C and asthma effect of vitamin C on leucocyte function and adhesion to endothelial cells. Nutrition and health: human metabolism and the requirement for vitamin C vitamin C safety in human vitamin C in prospective epidemiological studies nitrogen oxides are important contributors to cigarette smoke-induced ascorbate oxidation vitamin C and cigarette smoke exposure vitamin C, smoking, and alcohol consumption. (Part contents).