Subcellular Biochemistry: Ascorbic Acid: Biochemistry and Biomedical Cell BiologyJ. Robin Harris In Volume 25, leading experts present studies on the value of increased ascorbic acid intake and explore its specific contributions to human and animal health. |
Contents
| 1 | |
References | 13 |
Chapter | 17 |
Molecular Biological Study of | 24 |
References | 35 |
Ascorbate Modulation of Collagen Gene Expression | 43 |
Mesenchymal Differentiation | 49 |
Chapter 4 | 57 |
Conclusions | 227 |
Animal Studies | 234 |
Current Cell Culture Studies | 240 |
References | 246 |
Elastin and Vitamin C | 255 |
Chapter 14 | 265 |
Damaging Reactions by Free Radicals | 272 |
Fate of Ascorbic Acid in the Lung | 274 |
The Ascorbate System in the Plant Cell | 63 |
Regulatory Mechanisms of Ascorbate Function in the Plasma | 69 |
Conclusions and Perspectives | 74 |
Chapter 5 | 83 |
Responses of Cultured Cells to Ascorbate | 90 |
Putative Molecular Mechanisms of AscorbateMediated Events | 96 |
Chapter 6 | 109 |
Chapter 7 | 117 |
Food Pattern and Vitamin C | 121 |
Chapter 8 | 137 |
Certain Patient Groups | 150 |
Ascorbate Changes during Aging | 170 |
Ascorbate and Mean and Maximum Life Span | 176 |
Chapter 10 | 189 |
Monooxygenation of Histamine by LAscorbic Acid | 198 |
Conclusions | 205 |
Chapter 11 | 215 |
70 | 217 |
Clinical Application to Viral and Immunodeficiency Diseases | 226 |
41 | 286 |
Chapter 15 | 293 |
43 | 309 |
Chapter 16 | 313 |
46 | 326 |
Ascorbic Acid and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease | 331 |
49 | 342 |
Mechanisms of Action for the AntiAtherogenic Effects of Ascorbic | 347 |
Summary and Conclusions | 358 |
| 365 | |
Chapter 18 | 369 |
Vitamin C and Diabetic Complications | 375 |
Cellular Metabolism of Vitamin C | 389 |
Discussion | 393 |
53 | 402 |
Chapter 19 | 407 |
Effect of Ascorbic Acid on RadiationInduced Mitotic Block | 413 |
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