Vitamin C in Human Health and Disease Effects, Mechanisms of Action, and New Guidance on Intake /

• Main Author: Lee, Wang Jae (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Pharmacology.; Human physiology.; Health promotion.; Biochemistry.; Cancer research.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Human Physiology.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Biochemistry, general.; Cancer Research.

This book presents the scientific evidence for the role of vitamin C in health and disease and offers new guidance on vitamin C intake in humans. The importance of vitamin C in preventing cancer and cardiovascular disease, its relevance to aging and stress, and its impacts on each of the human body...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter I. Introduction
• 1.History of Discovery of Vitamin C
• 2.What is vitamin C?
• 3.Chemical Properties of Vitamin C as Anti-oxidant
• 4.Biological Activities as Co-factors
• 5.Scientific Background of Optimal Dose
• 6.How to take?
• 7.Adverse Effects
• Chapter II. Cardiovascular System
• Chapter III. Cancer
• Chapter IV. Immune system
• Chapter V. Respiratory System, Common Cold and Influenza
• Chapter VI. Central Nervous System
• Chapter VII. Aging
• Chapter VIII. Stress
• Chapter IX. Gastrointestinal (GI) System
• Chapter X. Liver
• Chapter XI. Skin
• Chapter XII. Eye
• Chapter XIII. Summary and Conclusion.