Safety and tolerance of Ester-C® compared with regular ascorbic acid

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 171-178

  Gruenwald, Joerg ^a   Graubaum, Hans Joachim ^a   Busch, Regina ^a   Bentley, Christine ^a  

^a Analyze and Realize GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidic food; Ester C; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; ESTER C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; TABLET; TABLET DISINTEGRATION; TABLET HARDNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THREONINE;

EID: 33646148690     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02850358     Document Type: Article

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