Vitamin C in Health and Disease

• Auteur principal: Anitra C. Carr (Ed.) (auth)
• Autres auteurs: Jens Lykkesfeldt (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Sujets: Cardiovascular medicine; cardiovascular disease; ascorbic acid; aging and neurodegeneration; vitamin C; kidney disease; infection and immunity; diabetes; fetal development
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Vitamin C is a pivotal water soluble electron donor in nature and an essential nutrient in man. Despite its many years as a research focus, new and increasingly regulatory functions of vitamin C in human health are continually being unravelled. This improved mechanistic insight is starting to provid...