Vitamin C : New Biochemical and Functional Insights Hardback
Edited by Qi (University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA) Chen, Margreet C M (University of Kansas Medical Center, USA|University of Otago, New Zealand|) Vissers
Part of the Oxidative Stress and Disease series
Hardback
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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. FeaturesIncludes chapters from a team of leading international scholarsReviews the history and recent research on the functions, benefits, and uses of vitamin CFocuses special attention on the way vitamin C can be used in the treatment of cancersDiscusses how vitamin C can be employed against infectious diseaseChapters 1, 3, 7, and 11 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:268 pages, 11 Tables, black and white; 29 Illustrations, color; 10 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:03/02/2020
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- ISBN:9781138337992
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:268 pages, 11 Tables, black and white; 29 Illustrations, color; 10 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:03/02/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781138337992
