The Antioxidant Vitamins C and E

ISBN-13: 9781893997295 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 298 str.

Lester Packer

Opis

Based on the proceedings of a Symposium held during the 2002 World Congress of the Oxygen Club of California, 2002.

Spis treści

1. Vitamin C: An Introduction  2. Vitamin C Pharmacokinetics in Healthy Men and Women  3. Biochemical and Physiological Interactions of Vitamin C and Iron: Pro- or Antioxidant?  4. Vitamin C and Cancer  5. Ascorbic Acid and Endolethial NO Synthesis  6. Serum Ascorbic Acid andf Disease Prevalence in US Adults: The Third NAtional Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)  7. Vitamin C Status and Cardovascular DiseaseL A Review of Prospective Studies  8. Potential Adverse Effects of Vitamins C and E  9. Vitamin E: An Introduction  10. Bioavailability and Biopotency of Vitamin E in Humans: An Ongoing Controversy  11. Vitamin EL Evidence for 2:1 Preference for RRR- Compated with all-rac-a-Tocopherols  12. Mechanisms of Vitamin E Metabolism

O autorze

Lester Packer, Maret G. Traber, Klaus Kraemer and Balz Frei