Vitamin C : nutrition, side effects and supplements / Christina M. Jackson, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jackson, Christina M.

Series:

Nutrition and diet research progress series.

Nutrition and diet research progress

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vitamin C--Physiological effect.

Vitamin C.

Vitamin C--Therapeutic use.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Vitamin C or L-ascorbic acid is an essential nutrient for humans and certain other animal species. Vitamin C is required for a range of essential metabolic reactions in all animals and plants. This book presents research from across the globe in the study of Vitamin C.

Contents:

Vitamin C : nutritional role, supplementation in pathophysiological states and side effects / Ramon Rodrigo, Andres Miranda, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Vitamin C & prevention of premature rupture of fetal membranes / Mahboube Haji Foghaha, Tahere Keshavarz, Mohammad Ebrahim Parsanezhad, Institute of Nursing & Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Vitamin C : nutrition, supplements, and biological effects in fish / M.A. Hossain, I.S. Azad, Aquaculture Fisheries and Marine Environmental Department, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Salmiya, Kuwait

Does vitamin C act as an antioxidant or prooxidant? / Mufide Aydogan, Asli Korkmaz, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Hacettepe University, Beytepe Campus, Ankara, Turkey, and others

Vitamin C supplementation in dialysis patients : benefits and risks / Alparslan Ersoy, Cuma Bulent Gul, Division of Nephrology, Uludag University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey, and others

Metabolic effects of vitamin C at rest and during exercise / Stanislaw Poprzecki, Adam Zajac, Jozef Langfort, Department of Sports Training, Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland

Vitamin C in skeletal muscle : the importance of transport / Marcela Low, Daniel Sandoval, Francisco Nualart and Juan Pablo Henriquez, Research Ring for the Study of the Nervous System Department of Cell Biology Faculty of Biological Sciences Universidad de Concepcion Concepcion, Chile

Vitamin C in the monkey brain / Rafael Covenas, Arturo Mangas, Dominique Bodet, Sebastien Duleu, Pilar Marcos, Michel Geffard, Institute of Neurosciences of Castilla y Leon (INCYL), Laboratory of Neuroanatomy of the Peptidergic Systems (Lab. 14), Salamanca, Spain, and others

Vitamin C supplementation in cancer cachexia and related-oxidative stress / Clelia Madeddu, Antonio Maccio, Giovanni Mantovani, Department of Medical Oncology, University of Cagliari, Italy, and others

Parenteral vitamin C administration increases lymphocyte apoptosis rate in septic patients after abdominal surgery / Ignacio Ferron-Celma, Alfonso Mansilla, Laila Hassan, Carmen Olmedo, Karim Muffak, Pablo Bueno, Jose-Antonio Ferron, Experimental Surgery Research Unit, General and Digestive Surgery Department, Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital, Granada, Spain

Vitamin C : its antioxidant effects on periodontitis / Daisuke Ekuni, Takaaki Tomofuji, Koichiro Irie, Tetsuji Azuma, Naofumi Tamaki, Tatsuo Yamamoto, Manabu Morita, Department of Preventive Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan, and others

Effects of vitamin C on oxidative stress-induced molecular patways in epilepsy / Mustafa Naziroglu, Department of Biophysics, Medical Faculty, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey

Vitamin C in human platelets / Isabella Savini, Luciana Avigliano, Maria Valeria Catani, Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome Tor Vergata

Vitamin C : absorption and reabsorption / Rodolfo A. Medina, Maria de los Angeles Garcia, Juan Pablo Henriquez and Francisco Nualart, Research Ring for the Study of the Nervous System, Department of Cell Biology, Universidad de Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61761-014-3