Hopes, disillusions and more hopes from vitamin C

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-219

  De Tullio, M C ^a   Arrigoni, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

2 oxoglutarate dependent dioxygenases; Ascorbic acid; Cell proliferation; Dehydroascorbic acid; Hypoxia inducible factor 1 ; Redox regulation

Indexed keywords

2 OXOACID; AMINO ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; ISOENZYME; OXYGENASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CYCLE; CELL METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LABORATORY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0842265863     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-3203-8     Document Type: Review

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