The Prospects of Vitamin C in Cancer Therapy

Ascorbate (vitamin C) is a cofactor for a number of metabolic enzymes and is an indisputable essential vitamin C for humans. However, the potential of ascorbate as an anticancer agent has been a topic of controversy. A number of previous reports have addressed both positive aspects and limitations o...

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Autor principal: Lee, Wang-Jae
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association of Immunologists 2009
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2816948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20157602
http://dx.doi.org/10.4110/in.2009.9.5.147
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spelling pubmed-28169482010-02-12 The Prospects of Vitamin C in Cancer Therapy Lee, Wang-Jae Immune Netw Review Article Ascorbate (vitamin C) is a cofactor for a number of metabolic enzymes and is an indisputable essential vitamin C for humans. However, the potential of ascorbate as an anticancer agent has been a topic of controversy. A number of previous reports have addressed both positive aspects and limitations of ascorbate in cancer therapy. In this review, we briefly summarize the potential antitumor effects of ascorbate and its prospects for clinical use. The Korean Association of Immunologists 2009-10 2009-10-30 /pmc/articles/PMC2816948/ /pubmed/20157602 http://dx.doi.org/10.4110/in.2009.9.5.147 Text en Copyright © 2009 The Korean Association of Immunologists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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