Vitamins
Vitamins – a group of organic compounds necessary for proper functioning of a living organism. For a man vitamins are exogenous – which means that the body does not synthesize […]
Read More →Vitamin C and common cold-induced asthma: a systematic review and statistical analysis
Asthma exacerbations are often induced by the common cold, which, in turn, can be alleviated by vitamin C.
Read More →Vitamin C: is it time to re-evaluate its role in health and disease?
Vitamin C (VC; ascorbic acid, AA) is synthesised from glucose in the liver of most mammals, but not in humans. Synthetic AA supplementation is often necessary to prevent vitamin C […]
Read More →Supplemental ascorbate in the supportive treatment of cancer: Reevaluation of prolongation of survival times in terminal human cancer
A study has been made of the survival times of 100 terminal cancer patients who were given supplemental ascorbate, usually 10 g/day, as part of their routine management and 1000 […]
Read More →Supplemental ascorbate in the supportive treatment of cancer: Prolongation of survival times in terminal human cancer
Ascorbic acid metabolism is associated with a number of mechanisms known to be involved in host resistance to malignant disease.
Read More →Evolution and the Need for Ascorbic Acid
Ascorbic acid differs from other vitamins in that an exogenous source is required by only a few animal species.
Read More →Vitamin C in human health and disease is still a mystery? An overview
Ascorbic acid is one of the important water soluble vitamins. It is essential for collagen, carnitine and neurotransmitters biosynthesis. Most plants and animals synthesize ascorbic acid for their own requirement.
Read More →The Third Face of Vitamin C
Bowel tolerance, the amount of ascorbic acid tolerated orally without producing diarrhea, increases with the toxicity of diseases.
Read More →Vitamin C – L-ascorbic acid
Ascorbic acid or vitamin C is an organic compound from the group of unsaturated polyhydric alcohol. Vitamin C is necessary for the functioning of all living organisms. For many animals […]
Read More →Ascorbate Increases Human Oxaluria and Kidney Stone Risk
Currently, the recommended upper limit for ascorbic acid (AA) intake is 2000 mg/d. However, because AA is endogenously converted to oxalate and appears to increase the absorption of dietary oxalate, […]
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