Studies with low micromolar levels of ascorbic and dehydroascorbic acid fail to unravel a preferential route for vitamin C uptake and accumulation in U937 cells

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 691-696

  Azzolini, Catia ^a   Fiorani, Mara ^a   Guidarelli, Andrea ^a   Cantoni, Orazio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Dehydroascorbic acid; U937 cells; Vitamin C uptake

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; PYRIDINE NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY FLUID; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRAIN U937; CELL TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN UPTAKE;

ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONE CELLS; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT PROTEINS, FACILITATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MACROPHAGES; MONOCYTES; NAD; NADP; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SODIUM-COUPLED VITAMIN C TRANSPORTERS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84856702671     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511003540     Document Type: Article

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