Ascorbic acid and the immune system

Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-183

  Ottoboni, Fred ^a   Ottoboni, Alice ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; COMMON COLD; HEXOSE MONOPHOSPHATE SHUNT; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LEUKOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; REVIEW;

EID: 27844608468     PISSN: 03170209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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