Does vitamin C have a pro-oxidant effect?

Nature. 1998 Sep 17;395(6699):231; author reply 232. doi: 10.1038/26137.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Ascorbic Acid / blood
  • Ascorbic Acid / pharmacology*
  • DNA / drug effects
  • DNA Adducts
  • Guanine / analogs & derivatives
  • Guanine / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Lymphocytes / drug effects
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Reactive Oxygen Species*

Substances

  • DNA Adducts
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • 8-hydroxyguanine
  • Guanine
  • DNA
  • Ascorbic Acid