Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893-1986): The scientist who discovered vitamin C

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 327-331

  Grzybowski, Andrzej ^a,b   Pietrzak, Krzysztof ^c  

^a Poznan City Hospital   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ASCORBIC ACID; MYOSIN;

BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; DERMATOLOGY; EUROPE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; LIFE EVENT; LITERATURE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST;

ASCORBIC ACID; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; FREE RADICALS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HUNGARY; NOBEL PRIZE; RUTIN; VITAMINS;

EID: 84876701615     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: 18791131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2012.08.001     Document Type: Review

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