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Title: |
Vitamin C |
| Sub-title: |
Nutrition, Side Effects & Supplements |
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| Edited by: |
Christina M Jackson |
| ISBN10-13: |
1617287547 : 9781617287541 |
| Illustrations: |
tables, graphs, diagrams, illus |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
180x260mm |
| Pages: |
385 |
| Weight: |
.902 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - June 2011 |
| List Price: |
261.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 1 |
| Subjects: |
Dietetics & nutrition |
| 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. All species that do not synthesise ascorbate require it in their diet. Deficiency in this vitamin causes the disease scurvy in humans. It is also widely used as a food additive. This book presents current research from across the globe in the study of Vitamin C including Vitamin C and the prevention of premature rupture of fetal membranes in pregnancy; Vitamin C supplementation in dialysis patients; Vitamin C in the monkey brain; postoperative Vitamin C treatment in septic abdominal surgery; and Vitamin C's antioxidant effects on periodontitis. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; Vitamin C: Nutritional Role, Supplementation in Pathophysiological States & Side Effects; Vitamin C & Prevention of Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes; Vitamin C: Nutrition, Supplements & Biological Effects; Does Vitamin C Act as an Antioxidant or Prooxidant?; Vitamin C Supplementation in Dialysis Patients: Benefits & Risks; Metabolic Effects of Vitamin C at Rest & during Exercise; Vitamin C in skeletal muscle: the importance of transport; Vitamin C in the Monkey Brain; Vitamin C Supplementation in Cancer Cachexia & Related-Oxidative Stress; Parenteral Vitamin C Administration Increases Lymphocyte Apoptosis Rate in Septic Patients After Abdominal Surgery; Vitamin C: Its Antioxidant Effects on Periodontitis; Index. |
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