A randomized steady-state bioavailability study of synthetic versus natural (kiwifruit-derived) vitamin C

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3684-3695

  Carr, Anitra C ^a   Bozonet, Stephanie M ^a   Pullar, Juliet M ^a   Simcock, Jeremy W ^a   Vissers, Margreet C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Ascorbic acid; Human; Leukocytes; Plasma; Semen; Skeletal muscle; Urine

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEWABLE TABLET; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; KIWIFRUIT; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MUSCLE LEVEL; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPERM; STEADY STATE; TISSUE LEVEL; URINE LEVEL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA;

ACTINIDIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FRUIT; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884565604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5093684     Document Type: Article

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