Vitamin C : : current concepts in human physiology / / edited by Anitra C. Carr, Ramesh Natarajan.
Vitamin C is synthesized by almost all animals. However, for humans, it is a vitamin that needs constant replenishment in the diet. While its role as an anti-oxidant and for preventing scurvy have been known for a long time, novel functions and unrecognized associations continue to be identified for...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Basel, Switzerland : : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,, [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (148 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Part 3: Chemical Changes Associated with Vitamin C Deficiency
- 1. Histamine Metabolism
- 2. Proline and Lysine Metabolism
- 3. Carbohydrate Metabolism
- 4.Folic Acid Metabolism
- 5. Cholesterol Metabolism
- 6. Tyrosine and Phenylalanine Metabolism
- 7. Tryptophan Metabolism
- 8. Adrenal Corticoid Metabolism
- 9. Uric Acid Clearance
- Part 2: Clinical Conditions Associated with Disorders Of Ascorbic Acid Metabolism
- 10. Rheumatic Fever
- 11. Menorrhagia
- 12. Wound Dehiscence
- 13. Habitual Abortion
- 14. Abruption Placentae
- 15. Prematurity and Premature Rupture of the Foetal Membranes
- 16. Megaloblastic Anaemia of Infancy, Pregnancy, and Steatorrhea
- 17. Gastrointestinal Ulcers and Haemorrhage
- 18. Ocular Lesions
- 19. Cerebral Haemorrhage and Thrombosis
- 20. Coronary Thrombosis and Myocardial Infarction.