Molecular Pharmacology of Vitamin C and Relevance to Health and Obesity-A Narrative Review

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Molecular Pharmacology of Vitamin C and Relevance to Health and Obesity-A Narrative Review

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The role of food constituents as pharmacological agents is an important consideration in health and obesity. Vitamin C acts as a small molecule antioxidant but is also a co-factor for numerous transition metal-dependent enzymes involved in healthy weight and energy metabolism. Vitamin C cannot be manufactured by humans and is mainly obtained from the dietary intake of fresh fruit and vegetables. There is great variability between different nutritional guidelines in the recommended daily allow...

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2024-07-01

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Wilson, Robert Beaumont / Liang, Yicong / Kaushal, Devesh / Carr, Anitra

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/40982

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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology / Chemistry / Chemistry, Multidisciplinary / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Physical Sciences / Science & Technology

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