Ascorbate and dehydroascorbic acid as biomarkers of oxidative stress: Validity of clinical data depends on vacutainer system used

Nutrition Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-69

  Lykkesfeldt, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Dehydroascorbic acid; Human plasma; Stability; Vacutainer systems

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; HEPARIN; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84855915584     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: 18790739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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