| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 323 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Ascorbate biosynthesis : a diversity of pathways / N. Smirnoff, J.A. Running and S. Gatzek -- Ascorbic acid catabolism : breakdown pathways in animals and plants / F.A. Loewus -- The biotechnology of ascorbic acid manufacture / J.A. Running, S. Peng and R.A. Rosson -- The role of ascorbic acid in defense networks and signaling in plants / C.H. Foyer -- Ascorbate and plant growth : from germination to cell death / L. De Gara -- Vitamin C transport in animals and plants / J.X. Wilson -- Membrane redox proteins involved in ascorbate-mediated reactions / J.M. Villalba, M. del Carmen Córdoba-Pedregosa and J.A. González-Reyes -- Ascorbate recycling -- J. May and H. Asard -- How does ascorbic acid prevent scurvy? : a survey of the nonantioxidant functions of vitamin C / M.C. De Tullio -- Ascorbate as an antioxidant / G.R. Buettner and F.Q. Schafer -- Vitamin C and oxidative damage to DNA / H.E. Poulsen [and others] -- Vitamin C status declines with age / A.J. Michels and T.M. Hagen -- Ascorbic acid in the central nervous system : uptake, distribution and functions / R.J. Reiter -- Physiology of vitamin C in neutrophils during inflammation / J.W. Heinecke -- Ascorbic acid in atherosclerosis / P.K. Witting and R. Stocker -- Dietary allowances for vitamin C : recommended dietary allowances and optimal nutrient ingestion / M. Levine [and others] |
| Summary |
"Vitamin C: Functions and biochemistry in animals and plants looks at all aspects of vitamin C; its chemical and biochemical properties, its role in various plants and animals, and its effect on our health. Written by an international team of experts, who together represent much of the expertise on vitamin C throughout the world, Vitamin C pulls together the current strands of thinking into one concise volume."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Vitamin C.
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Plant physiology.
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Ascorbic Acid
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Plant Physiological Phenomena
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Protective Agents -- pharmacology
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biochemistry.
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Vitamin C.
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Ascorbic Acid.
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Plant physiology.
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Protective Agents -- pharmacology.
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Plant physiology
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Vitamin C
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Asard, Han
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May, James
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Smirnoff, N
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| ISBN |
0203500008 |
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9780203500002 |
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