TY  - BOOK
AU  - Packer,Lester
AU  - Fuchs,Jürgen
TI  - Vitamin C in health and disease
T2  - Antioxidants in health and disease
SN  - 0824793137
AV  - QP772.A8 V565 1997
U1  - 615.328 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York
PB  - M. Dekker
KW  - Vitamin C
KW  - Health aspects
KW  - Physiology
KW  - Therapeutic use
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction --; Preface --; Contributors --; 1; A History of Scurvy and Vitamin C --; 2; An Overview of Ascorbic Acid Chemistry and Biochemistry --; 3; Antioxidant and Prooxidant Properties of Vitamin C --; 4; The Vitamin C Radical and Its Reactions --; 5; Vitamin C and Redox Cycling Antioxidants --; 6; Regeneration of Vitamin C --; 7; Protein Glycation by the Oxidation Products of Ascorbic Acid --; 8; Ascorbate Membrane Transport Properties --; 9; Vitamin C as an Antiatherogen: Mechanisms of Action --; 10; Protection of Human Low-Density Lipoprotein from Oxidative Modification by Vitamin C --; 11; Diet and Oxidative Damage to DNA: The Importance of Ascorbate as an Antioxidant --; 12; Vitamin C, Collagen Biosynthesis, and Aging --; 13; Oxidative Stress and Ascorbate in Relation to Risk for Cataract and Age-Related Maculopathy --; 14; Antioxidant Action of Vitamin C in the Lung --; 15; Vitamin C and Asthma --; 16; Effect of Vitamin C on Leukocyte Function and Adhesion to Endothelial Cells --; 17; Mechanisms Underlying the Action of Vitamin C in Viral and Immunodeficiency Disease --; 18; Blood Vitamin C in Human Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency --; 19; Vitamin C in Cutaneous Biology --; 20; Human Metabolism and the Requirement for Vitamin C --; 21; Vitamin C Safety in Humans --; 22; Vitamin C in Prospective Epidemiological Studies --; 23; Nitrogen Oxides Are Important Contributors to Cigarette Smoke-Induced Ascorbate Oxidation --; 24; Vitamin C and Cigarette Smoke Exposure --; 25; Vitamin C, Smoking, and Alcohol Consumption --; 26; Vitamin C, Lipid Peroxidation, and the Risk of Myocardial Infraction: Epidemiological Evidence from Eastern Finland --; 27; Vitamin C and Infectious Diseases --; 28; Ascorbic Acid and Periodontal Disease --; 29; Tropical Vitamin C --; Index
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