Vitamin C. Dietary Sources, Technology, Dayly Requirements and Symptoms of Defficiency.

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor(a) principal: Guiné, Raquel
Data de Publicação: 2013
Tipo de documento: Livro
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/1884
Resumo: Vitamin C is one of the most important components to include in a regular diet, being a powerful vitamin that provides a number of very important health benefits and that can affect multiple body processes. Because vitamin C is not produced by our body, we need to ingest daily amounts of this nutrient for our body to function properly and prevent disease. Vitamin C is a cofactor in at least eight enzymatic reactions, including several collagen synthesis reactions that, when dysfunctional, cause the most severe symptoms of scurvy. Vitamin C is also known to help prevent colds and flu, but it is much more than that, it is a potent antioxidant, that fights free radicals in the body thus preventing premature aging, gives strength to bones and teeth, strengthens blood capillaries, fights infections, strengthens the immune system, it also helps reduce the level of triglycerides and bad cholesterol in the blood, and even helps in the absorption of iron, preventing anemia. Furthermore, the antioxidants in vitamin C help warding off inflammation, infections, and viruses, and, by helping to build proteins in various types of cellular constructions, vitamin C also protects against heart attacks and strokes, promoting in general a better vascular health and longevity. Studies suggest that vitamin C may even be important in preventing Alzheimer’s disease or autoimmune problems, as well as atherosclerosis. This book is aimed at gathering valuable information about this important vitamin, including sources of this nutrient with so important biological properties, the effects of processing and a number of different approaches to the roles of this powerful vitamin in the human body, as expressed by the diversity of themes addressed in the chapters included: 1. Vitamin C supplementation: favorable or noxious? 2. An overview of the analytical methods to determine ascorbic acid in foodstuffs 3. Vitamin C daily supplements and its ameliorative effects 4. Ionizing radiation effects on vitamin C 5. Vitamin C in marine and freshwater teleosts 6. Effects of ascorbic acid on immunity and low grade systemic inflammation 7. Vitamin C deficiency enhances disruption of adrenal non-enzymatic antioxidant systems in ODS rats with water-immersion restraint stress 8. Vitamin C and erythrocytes 9. Vitamin C: loss through cooking and conservation methods and symptoms of deficiency 10. Pharmacological effects of ascorbic acid 11. Contradictions and ambivalences of the vitamin C consumption on human health: a review of the literature 12. Vitamin C role in human health, disease and sport 13. Variability in the vitamin C content of baobab (Adansonia digitata l.) fruit from three African sahelian countries
id RCAP_3b4df0c85ebb765c15441bf9b0f410eb
oai_identifier_str oai:repositorio.ipv.pt:10400.19/1884
network_acronym_str RCAP
network_name_str Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
repository_id_str
spelling Vitamin C. Dietary Sources, Technology, Dayly Requirements and Symptoms of Defficiency.Vitamin CDietVitamin C is one of the most important components to include in a regular diet, being a powerful vitamin that provides a number of very important health benefits and that can affect multiple body processes. Because vitamin C is not produced by our body, we need to ingest daily amounts of this nutrient for our body to function properly and prevent disease. Vitamin C is a cofactor in at least eight enzymatic reactions, including several collagen synthesis reactions that, when dysfunctional, cause the most severe symptoms of scurvy. Vitamin C is also known to help prevent colds and flu, but it is much more than that, it is a potent antioxidant, that fights free radicals in the body thus preventing premature aging, gives strength to bones and teeth, strengthens blood capillaries, fights infections, strengthens the immune system, it also helps reduce the level of triglycerides and bad cholesterol in the blood, and even helps in the absorption of iron, preventing anemia. Furthermore, the antioxidants in vitamin C help warding off inflammation, infections, and viruses, and, by helping to build proteins in various types of cellular constructions, vitamin C also protects against heart attacks and strokes, promoting in general a better vascular health and longevity. Studies suggest that vitamin C may even be important in preventing Alzheimer’s disease or autoimmune problems, as well as atherosclerosis. This book is aimed at gathering valuable information about this important vitamin, including sources of this nutrient with so important biological properties, the effects of processing and a number of different approaches to the roles of this powerful vitamin in the human body, as expressed by the diversity of themes addressed in the chapters included: 1. Vitamin C supplementation: favorable or noxious? 2. An overview of the analytical methods to determine ascorbic acid in foodstuffs 3. Vitamin C daily supplements and its ameliorative effects 4. Ionizing radiation effects on vitamin C 5. Vitamin C in marine and freshwater teleosts 6. Effects of ascorbic acid on immunity and low grade systemic inflammation 7. Vitamin C deficiency enhances disruption of adrenal non-enzymatic antioxidant systems in ODS rats with water-immersion restraint stress 8. Vitamin C and erythrocytes 9. Vitamin C: loss through cooking and conservation methods and symptoms of deficiency 10. Pharmacological effects of ascorbic acid 11. Contradictions and ambivalences of the vitamin C consumption on human health: a review of the literature 12. Vitamin C role in human health, disease and sport 13. Variability in the vitamin C content of baobab (Adansonia digitata l.) fruit from three African sahelian countriesNova Science Publishers, Inc., USA.Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de ViseuGuiné, Raquel2013-11-11T09:27:34Z20132013-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/bookapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/1884eng2. Guiné RPF (Ed.) (2013) Vitamin C. Dietary Sources, Technology, Dayly Requirements and Symptoms of Defficiency. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., USA.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-01-16T15:25:10ZPortal AgregadorONG
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Vitamin C. Dietary Sources, Technology, Dayly Requirements and Symptoms of Defficiency.
title Vitamin C. Dietary Sources, Technology, Dayly Requirements and Symptoms of Defficiency.
spellingShingle Vitamin C. Dietary Sources, Technology, Dayly Requirements and Symptoms of Defficiency.
Guiné, Raquel
Vitamin C
Diet
title_short Vitamin C. Dietary Sources, Technology, Dayly Requirements and Symptoms of Defficiency.
title_full Vitamin C. Dietary Sources, Technology, Dayly Requirements and Symptoms of Defficiency.
title_fullStr Vitamin C. Dietary Sources, Technology, Dayly Requirements and Symptoms of Defficiency.
title_full_unstemmed Vitamin C. Dietary Sources, Technology, Dayly Requirements and Symptoms of Defficiency.
title_sort Vitamin C. Dietary Sources, Technology, Dayly Requirements and Symptoms of Defficiency.
author Guiné, Raquel
author_facet Guiné, Raquel
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Viseu
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Guiné, Raquel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Vitamin C
Diet
topic Vitamin C
Diet
description Vitamin C is one of the most important components to include in a regular diet, being a powerful vitamin that provides a number of very important health benefits and that can affect multiple body processes. Because vitamin C is not produced by our body, we need to ingest daily amounts of this nutrient for our body to function properly and prevent disease. Vitamin C is a cofactor in at least eight enzymatic reactions, including several collagen synthesis reactions that, when dysfunctional, cause the most severe symptoms of scurvy. Vitamin C is also known to help prevent colds and flu, but it is much more than that, it is a potent antioxidant, that fights free radicals in the body thus preventing premature aging, gives strength to bones and teeth, strengthens blood capillaries, fights infections, strengthens the immune system, it also helps reduce the level of triglycerides and bad cholesterol in the blood, and even helps in the absorption of iron, preventing anemia. Furthermore, the antioxidants in vitamin C help warding off inflammation, infections, and viruses, and, by helping to build proteins in various types of cellular constructions, vitamin C also protects against heart attacks and strokes, promoting in general a better vascular health and longevity. Studies suggest that vitamin C may even be important in preventing Alzheimer’s disease or autoimmune problems, as well as atherosclerosis. This book is aimed at gathering valuable information about this important vitamin, including sources of this nutrient with so important biological properties, the effects of processing and a number of different approaches to the roles of this powerful vitamin in the human body, as expressed by the diversity of themes addressed in the chapters included: 1. Vitamin C supplementation: favorable or noxious? 2. An overview of the analytical methods to determine ascorbic acid in foodstuffs 3. Vitamin C daily supplements and its ameliorative effects 4. Ionizing radiation effects on vitamin C 5. Vitamin C in marine and freshwater teleosts 6. Effects of ascorbic acid on immunity and low grade systemic inflammation 7. Vitamin C deficiency enhances disruption of adrenal non-enzymatic antioxidant systems in ODS rats with water-immersion restraint stress 8. Vitamin C and erythrocytes 9. Vitamin C: loss through cooking and conservation methods and symptoms of deficiency 10. Pharmacological effects of ascorbic acid 11. Contradictions and ambivalences of the vitamin C consumption on human health: a review of the literature 12. Vitamin C role in human health, disease and sport 13. Variability in the vitamin C content of baobab (Adansonia digitata l.) fruit from three African sahelian countries
publishDate 2013
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2013-11-11T09:27:34Z
2013
2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.type.status.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.type.driver.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/book
format book
status_str publishedVersion
dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv http://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/1884
url http://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/1884
dc.language.iso.fl_str_mv eng
language eng
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv 2. Guiné RPF (Ed.) (2013) Vitamin C. Dietary Sources, Technology, Dayly Requirements and Symptoms of Defficiency. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., USA.
dc.rights.driver.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv application/pdf
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv Nova Science Publishers, Inc., USA.
publisher.none.fl_str_mv Nova Science Publishers, Inc., USA.
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação
instacron:RCAAP
instname_str Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação
instacron_str RCAAP
institution RCAAP
reponame_str Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
collection Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
repository.name.fl_str_mv
repository.mail.fl_str_mv
_version_ 1777301957196644352