Vitamin C in Health and Disease"Provides an up-to-the-minute, comprehensive analysis of the most recent theoretical and clinical developments in vitamin C research--integrating a wide variety of interdisciplinary studies into a single-source volume. Highlights the redox properties of vitamin C, including regeneration, participation in antioxidant networks, and influence on atherosclerosis." |
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Contents
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Vitamin C and Redox Cycling Antioxidants | 95 |
Regeneration of Vitamin C | 109 |
Protein Glycation by the Oxidation Products of Ascorbic Acid | 123 |
Ascorbate Membrane Transport Properties | 143 |
Effect of Vitamin C on Leukocyte Function and Adhesion | 295 |
Mechanisms Underlying the Action of Vitamin C in Viral | 309 |
Blood Vitamin C in Human Glucose6Phosphate Dehydrogenase | 323 |
Vitamin C in Cutaneous Biology | 333 |
Human Metabolism and the Requirement for Vitamin C | 341 |
Vitamin C Safety in Humans | 367 |
Vitamin C in Prospective Epidemiological Studies | 381 |
Nitrogen Oxides Are Important Contributors to Cigarette SmokeInduced | 399 |
Mechanisms of Action | 163 |
Protection of Human LowDensity Lipoprotein from Oxidative | 183 |
The Importance of Ascorbate as | 193 |
Vitamin C Collagen Biosynthesis and Aging | 205 |
Oxidative Stress and Ascorbate in Relation to Risk for Cataract | 231 |
Antioxidant Action of Vitamin C in the Lung | 265 |
Vitamin C and Asthma | 279 |
Vitamin C and Cigarette Smoke Exposure | 413 |
Vitamin C Smoking and Alcohol Consumption | 425 |
Vitamin C and Infectious Diseases | 471 |
Ascorbic Acid and Periodontal Disease | 505 |
Topical Vitamin C | 517 |
Index | 525 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Vitamin C in Health and Disease Volume 4 of Antioxidants in Health and Disease |
| Author | Lester Packer |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | CRC Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0824793137, 9780824793135 |
| Length | 560 pages |
| Subjects | › Medical / Nutrition |
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