Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid), the antiscorbutic vitamin, cannot be synthesized by humans and
other primates, and has to be obtained from diet. Ascorbic acid is an electron donor and acts …

Background Fruits and vegetables are rich source of phytonutrients. These phytonutrients
are present in high concentrations in raw form, and decrease to some extent after …

Background: Vitamin C at high concentrations is toxic to cancer cells in vitro. Early clinical
studies of vitamin C in patients with terminal cancer suggested clinical benefit, but 2 double …

Whether vitamin C (ascorbate) has a role to play as an anti-cancer agent has been debated
for decades. Ascorbate has been used by cancer patients in an unregulated environment …

Ascorbate is a cofactor in numerous metabolic reactions. Humans cannot synthesize
ascorbate owing to inactivation of the gene encoding the enzyme l-gulono-γ-lactone …

Although ascorbic acid is an important water‐soluble antioxidant and enzyme cofactor in
plants and animals, humans and some other species do not synthesize ascorbate due to the …

Background Obesity surgery is acknowledged as a highly effective therapy for morbidly
obese patients. Beneficial short‐term effects on common comorbidities are practically …

Ascorbic acid (AA), also known as vitamin C, was initially identified as the factor preventing
the scurvy disease, and became very popular for its antioxidant properties. It is an important …

Objective: To develop a clear, concise, and up-to-date treatise on the role of anabolism from
nutrition in wound healing. Special emphasis was to be placed on the effect of the stress …

In Oxygen, Nick Lane takes the reader on an enthralling journey as he unravels the
unexpected ways in which oxygen spurred the evolution of life and death. He shows how …