Marginal ascorbate status (Hypovitaminosis C) results in an attenuated response to vitamin C supplementation

Nutrients

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Body weight; Human intervention study; Hypovitaminosis C; Recommended dietary intake; Vitamin C supplementation

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; DOSE RESPONSE;

ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84973100838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu8060341     Document Type: Article

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