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There’s life in the old dog yet: vitamin C as a therapeutic option in endothelial dysfunction
The use of vitamin C against different diseases has been controversially and emotionally discussed since Linus Pauling published his cancer studies. In vitro and animal studies showed promising results and explained the impact of vitamin C, particularly in cases with endothelial dysfunction. Indeed,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4423636/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25184406 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-014-0461-9 |
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author | Rodemeister, Sandra Biesalski, Hans K |
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description | The use of vitamin C against different diseases has been controversially and emotionally discussed since Linus Pauling published his cancer studies. In vitro and animal studies showed promising results and explained the impact of vitamin C, particularly in cases with endothelial dysfunction. Indeed, studies (reviewed in this issue of Critical Care by Oudemans-van Straaten and colleagues) using high-dose vitamin C and the parenteral route of application seem to be more successful than oral vitamin C delivery. |
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spelling | pubmed-44236362015-05-08 There’s life in the old dog yet: vitamin C as a therapeutic option in endothelial dysfunction Rodemeister, Sandra Biesalski, Hans K Crit Care Commentary The use of vitamin C against different diseases has been controversially and emotionally discussed since Linus Pauling published his cancer studies. In vitro and animal studies showed promising results and explained the impact of vitamin C, particularly in cases with endothelial dysfunction. Indeed, studies (reviewed in this issue of Critical Care by Oudemans-van Straaten and colleagues) using high-dose vitamin C and the parenteral route of application seem to be more successful than oral vitamin C delivery. BioMed Central 2014-08-27 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4423636/ /pubmed/25184406 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-014-0461-9 Text en © Rodemeister and Biesalski, licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014 The licensee has exclusive rights to distribute this article, in any medium, for 12 months following its publication. After this time, the article is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Commentary Rodemeister, Sandra Biesalski, Hans K There’s life in the old dog yet: vitamin C as a therapeutic option in endothelial dysfunction |
title | There’s life in the old dog yet: vitamin C as a therapeutic option in endothelial dysfunction |
title_full | There’s life in the old dog yet: vitamin C as a therapeutic option in endothelial dysfunction |
title_fullStr | There’s life in the old dog yet: vitamin C as a therapeutic option in endothelial dysfunction |
title_full_unstemmed | There’s life in the old dog yet: vitamin C as a therapeutic option in endothelial dysfunction |
title_short | There’s life in the old dog yet: vitamin C as a therapeutic option in endothelial dysfunction |
title_sort | there’s life in the old dog yet: vitamin c as a therapeutic option in endothelial dysfunction |
topic | Commentary |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4423636/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25184406 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-014-0461-9 |
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