Vitamin C in health and disease / 
edited by Lester Packer, Jürgen Fuchs. 
 - xiv, 538 pages :  illustrations ;  26 cm. 
 - Antioxidants in health and disease ;  5 .
 - Antioxidants in health and disease ;  5. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction --  Preface --  Contributors --  A History of Scurvy and Vitamin C --  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 --  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 Leukocyte Function and Adhesion to Endothelial Cells --  Mechanisms Underlying the Action of Vitamin C in Viral and Immunodeficiency Disease --  Blood Vitamin C in Human Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency --  Vitamin C in Cutaneous Biology --  Human Metabolism and the Requirement for Vitamin C --  Vitamin C Safety in Humans --  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 --  Vitamin C, Lipid Peroxidation, and the Risk of Myocardial Infraction: Epidemiological Evidence from Eastern Finland --  Vitamin C and Infectious Diseases --  Ascorbic Acid and Periodontal Disease --  Tropical Vitamin C --  Index.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  12.  13.  14.  15.  16.  17.  18.  19.  20.  21.  22.  23.  24.  25.  26.  27.  28.  29. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0824793137 9780824793135 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>97007703 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Vitamin C--Health aspects<br/>Vitamin C--Physiology<br/>Vitamin C--Therapeutic use
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QP772.A8  / V565 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>615.328