Vitamin C and Human Health

Ascorbic acid is a small, simple, water soluble molecule, synthesised by most plants and animals, with the exception of humans and some animal species due to mutations in the gene encoding the terminal enzyme in the biosynthetic pathway. For humans, it is thus a vitamin (vitamin C) that must be obta...

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description Ascorbic acid is a small, simple, water soluble molecule, synthesised by most plants and animals, with the exception of humans and some animal species due to mutations in the gene encoding the terminal enzyme in the biosynthetic pathway. For humans, it is thus a vitamin (vitamin C) that must be obtained from the diet, with complete deficiency resulting in the fatal disease scurvy. Many functions have been attributed to this fascinating molecule and, despite nearly 90 years of research since its discovery, new roles are still being uncovered, including recent discoveries that it acts as a regulator of epigenetic marks and transcription factors (1). In this volume we begin with a review by Michels and Frei on specific factors that need to be taken into consideration when carrying out vitamin C research. Translational research normally comprises a progression from in vitro/cell culture studies to animal models and finally to clinical trials. At each of these stages, there are requirements specific to vitamin C research that need to be integrated into study designs and this review describes these in detail. [...]
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-623022022-01-31T19:27:43Z Vitamin C and Human Health cardiovascular disease bioavailability gene regulation inflammation cancer neurological effects vitamin C-dependent enzymes human status Ascorbic acid is a small, simple, water soluble molecule, synthesised by most plants and animals, with the exception of humans and some animal species due to mutations in the gene encoding the terminal enzyme in the biosynthetic pathway. For humans, it is thus a vitamin (vitamin C) that must be obtained from the diet, with complete deficiency resulting in the fatal disease scurvy. Many functions have been attributed to this fascinating molecule and, despite nearly 90 years of research since its discovery, new roles are still being uncovered, including recent discoveries that it acts as a regulator of epigenetic marks and transcription factors (1). In this volume we begin with a review by Michels and Frei on specific factors that need to be taken into consideration when carrying out vitamin C research. Translational research normally comprises a progression from in vitro/cell culture studies to animal models and finally to clinical trials. At each of these stages, there are requirements specific to vitamin C research that need to be integrated into study designs and this review describes these in detail. [...] 2021-02-12T08:00:13Z 2021-02-12T08:00:13Z 2015-01-12 11:52:06 2014 book 16629 9783906980614 9783906980621 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/62302 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/93 https://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/93 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783906980614 9783906980621 236 open access
spellingShingle cardiovascular disease
bioavailability
gene regulation
inflammation
cancer
neurological effects
vitamin C-dependent enzymes
human status
Vitamin C and Human Health
title Vitamin C and Human Health
title_full Vitamin C and Human Health
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title_full_unstemmed Vitamin C and Human Health
title_short Vitamin C and Human Health
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topic cardiovascular disease
bioavailability
gene regulation
inflammation
cancer
neurological effects
vitamin C-dependent enzymes
human status
topic_facet cardiovascular disease
bioavailability
gene regulation
inflammation
cancer
neurological effects
vitamin C-dependent enzymes
human status
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