Vitamin C: New Biochemical and Functional Insights
- ISBN-10
- 0429807813
- ISBN-13
- 9780429807817
- Series
- Vitamin C
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 268
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-01-23
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Authors
- Qi Chen, Margreet C M Vissers
Description
Vitamin C holds a unique place in scientific and cultural history. In this book, a group of leading scientific researchers describe new insights into the myriad ways vitamin C is employed during normal physiological functioning. In addition, the text provides an extensive overview of the following: the rationale for utilizing vitamin C in the clinic, updates on recent uses of vitamin C in cancer treatment through high-dose intravenous therapies, the role vitamin C plays in the treatment of sepsis and infectious disease, management of the ways vitamin C can improve stem cell differentiation, as well as vitamin C use in other important health situations. Features Includes chapters from a team of leading international scholars Reviews the history and recent research on the functions, benefits, and uses of vitamin C Focuses special attention on the way vitamin C can be used in the treatment of cancers Discusses how vitamin C can be employed against infectious disease
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