Vitamin C exhibits pro-oxidant properties

Ian D. Podmore; Helen R. Griffiths; Karl E. Herbert; Nalini Mistry; Pratibha Mistry; Joseph Lunec

doi:10.1038/33308

Vitamin C exhibits pro-oxidant properties

Ian D. Podmore, Helen R. Griffiths, Karl E. Herbert, Nalini Mistry, Pratibha Mistry, Joseph Lunec

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Abstract

Vitamin C is marketed as a dietary supplement, partly because of its 'antioxidant' properties. However, we report here that vitamin C administered as a dietary supplement to healthy humans exhibits a pro-oxidant, as well as an antioxidant, effect in vivo.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	559
Number of pages	1
Journal	Nature
Volume	392
Issue number	6676
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/33308
Publication status	Published - 9 Apr 1998

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vitamin C
dietary supplement
antioxidant
pro-oxidant

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