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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Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
Subjects:	cardiovascular disease bioavailability gene regulation inflammation cancer neurological effects vitamin C-dependent enzymes human status
Online Access:	16629
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