In Volume 25, leading experts present studies on the value of increased ascorbic acid intake and explore its specific contributions to human and animal health.
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`The heterogeneity of topics...is very ambitious, and the result is, overall, successful because of the high quality of the individual contributions...highly recommended.'
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International contributors comment on the efficacy and functions of ascorbic acid in the human biological system. Includes chapters on the historical discovery of vitamin C and scurvy, and details ascorbic acid in relation to: biosynthesis and gene expression; cell growth, cell differentiation; chronic disease; aging; antiviral and immunomodulatory
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