Synthetic or food-derived vitamin C-Are they equally bioavailable?

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4284-4304

  Carr, Anitra C ^a   Vissers, Margreet C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Animal studies; Ascorbate; Bioavailability; Bioflavonoids; Dietary vitamin C; Human studies

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BIOFLAVONOID; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OXYGENASE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EPIGENETICS; FRUIT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; REVIEW; STEADY STATE; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DIET; FLAVONOIDS; FOOD; HUMANS;

EID: 84887189049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5114284     Document Type: Review

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