Myths, artifacts, and fatal flaws: Identifying limitations and opportunities in vitamin C research

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 5161-5192

  Michels, Alexander J ^a   Frei, Balz ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Ascorbic acid; Cell culture; Human; Study design; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BICARBONATE; CARNITINE; CATECHOLAMINE; CITRATE SODIUM; EDETIC ACID; HEPARIN; HISTONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXALIC ACID; OXYGENASE; PENTETIC ACID; PERCHLORIC ACID; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; PLACEBO; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; TRIS (2 CARBOXYETHYL) PHOSPHINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URATE;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG STABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EVALUATION RESEARCH; GENE EXPRESSION; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN TENSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84890461711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5125161     Document Type: Article

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