Vitamin C

[Dr. Gholipour]

Vitamin C (Collagen, Cancer, and the Common Cold)



Pages: 5
Publisher: derma e® Natural Bodycare
Language: English
Edition: 2005



Description
Vitamin C or ascorbic acid has become popular for its ability to enhance the functioning of the immune system and fight the common cold, but most of us do not realize that vitamin C is an essential biological molecule.

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[Dr. Gholipour]

Vitamin C as an Antioxidant: Evaluation of Its Role in Disease Prevention

Sebastian J. Padayatty, MRCP, PhD, Arie Katz, MD, Yaohui Wang, MD, Peter Eck, PhD, Oran Kwon, PhD,
Je-Hyuk Lee, PhD, Shenglin Chen, PhD, Christopher Corpe, PhD, Anand Dutta, BS, Sudhir K Dutta, MD, FACN, and
Mark Levine, MD, FACN


Pages: 18
Publisher: Journal of the American College of Nutrition
Language: English
Edition: Vol. 22, No. 1, 18–35 (2003)



Description
Vitamin C in humans must be ingested for survival. Vitamin C is an electron donor, and this property accounts for all its known functions. As an electron donor, vitamin C is a potent water-soluble antioxidant in humans. Antioxidant effects of vitamin C have been demonstrated in many experiments in vitro.

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