Vitamin C nutriture has little short-term effect on vitamin E concentrations in healthy women

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2268-2277

  Jacob, Robert A ^a   Kutnink, Mark A ^a   Csallany, A Saari ^b   Daroszewska, Malgosia ^c   Burton, Graham W ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

antioxidant; humans; vitamin C; vitamin E; vitamin interaction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS;

EID: 0029831601     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.9.2268     Document Type: Article

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