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Vitamin C and Cardiovascular Disease: An Update

The potential beneficial effects of the antioxidant properties of vitamin C have been investigated in a number of pathological conditions. In this review, we assess both clinical and preclinical studies evaluating the role of vitamin C in cardiac and vascular disorders, including coronary heart dise...

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Autores principales: Morelli, Marco B., Gambardella, Jessica, Castellanos, Vanessa, Trimarco, Valentina, Santulli, Gaetano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7761826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33287462
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antiox9121227
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author Morelli, Marco B.
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description The potential beneficial effects of the antioxidant properties of vitamin C have been investigated in a number of pathological conditions. In this review, we assess both clinical and preclinical studies evaluating the role of vitamin C in cardiac and vascular disorders, including coronary heart disease, heart failure, hypertension, and cerebrovascular diseases. Pitfalls and controversies in investigations on vitamin C and cardiovascular disorders are also discussed.
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spelling pubmed-77618262020-12-26 Vitamin C and Cardiovascular Disease: An Update Morelli, Marco B. Gambardella, Jessica Castellanos, Vanessa Trimarco, Valentina Santulli, Gaetano Antioxidants (Basel) Review The potential beneficial effects of the antioxidant properties of vitamin C have been investigated in a number of pathological conditions. In this review, we assess both clinical and preclinical studies evaluating the role of vitamin C in cardiac and vascular disorders, including coronary heart disease, heart failure, hypertension, and cerebrovascular diseases. Pitfalls and controversies in investigations on vitamin C and cardiovascular disorders are also discussed. MDPI 2020-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7761826/ /pubmed/33287462 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antiox9121227 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7761826/
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