Total vitamin C, ascorbic acid, and dehydroascorbic acid concentrations in plasma of critically ill patients

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 760-765

  Schorah, Christopher J ^a   Downing, Christopher ^a   Piripitsi, Antonia ^a   Gallivan, Louise ^a   Al Hazaa, Adel H ^a   Sanderson, Marion J ^a   Bodenham, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antioxidants; Ascorbic acid; critical care; dehydroascorbic acid; reactive species

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 0029917023     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/63.5.760     Document Type: Article

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