Vitamin C deficiency: More than just a nutritional disorder

Genes and Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 341-346

  Delanghe, Joris R ^a   Langlois, Michel R ^a   De Buyzere, Marc L ^a   Na, Na ^b   Ouyang, Jin ^b   Speeckaert, Marijn M ^a   Torck, Mathieu A ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Haptoglobin; Polymorphism; Scurvy; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; COPPER; FERRITIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOPEXIN; IRON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN C TRANSPORTER PROTEIN 1;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPTOGLOBIN 1 GENE; HAPTOGLOBIN 2 GENE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MIGRATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; SCURVY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 81755184354     PISSN: 15558932     EISSN: 18653499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12263-011-0237-7     Document Type: Review

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