Vitamin C exhibits pro-oxidant properties

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作者
Podmore, ID [1 ]
Griffiths, HR [1 ]
Herbert, KE [1 ]
Mistry, N [1 ]
Mistry, P [1 ]
Lunec, J [1 ]
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[1] Univ Leicester, CMHT, Div Chem Pathol, Leicester LE1 9HN, Leics, England
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10.1038/33308
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Vitamin C is marketed as a dietary supplement, partly because of its ‘antioxidant’ properties. However, we report here that vitamin C administered as a dietary supplement to healthy humans exhibits a pro-oxidant, as well as an antioxidant, effect in vivo.
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