Vitamin C: A Concentration-Function Approach Yields Pharmacology and Therapeutic Discoveries
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Vitamin C: a concentration-function approach yields pharmacology and therapeutic discoveries.
A concentration-function approach to vitamin C (ascorbate) has yielded new physiology and pharmacology discoveries. To determine the range of vitamin C concentrations possible in humans, pharmacokinetics studies were conducted. They showed that when vitamin C is ingested by mouth, plasma and tissue concentrations are tightly controlled by at least 3 mechanisms in healthy humans: absorption, tis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Nutrition
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2161-8313,2156-5376
DOI: 10.3945/an.110.000109