There are limited proven therapeutic options for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19.
The role of vitamin and mineral supplementation or “immunonutrition” has previously been …

Over the past century, the notion that vitamin C can be used to treat cancer has generated
much controversy. However, new knowledge regarding the pharmacokinetic properties of …

In the early literature, vitamin C deficiency was associated with pneumonia. After its
identification, a number of studies investigated the effects of vitamin C on diverse infections …

Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid), the antiscorbutic vitamin, cannot be synthesized by humans and
other primates, and has to be obtained from diet. Ascorbic acid is an electron donor and acts …

There are limited proven therapies for COVID-19. Vitamin C's antioxidant, anti-inflammatory
and immunomodulating effects make it a potential therapeutic candidate, both for the …

Background Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) for preventing and treating the common cold has
been a subject of controversy for 70 years. Objectives To find out whether vitamin C reduces …

Significance: Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, has long been known to participate in several
important functions in the vascular bed in support of endothelial cells. These functions …

Objective: This narrative review gives an overview on the essential role of adequate nutrition
to an optimally functioning immune defence. Micronutrients act as regulators of the immune …

Ascorbate (vitamin C) is a vital antioxidant molecule in the brain. However, it also has a
number of other important functions, participating as a cofactor in several enzyme reactions …

Ascorbate is a cofactor in numerous metabolic reactions. Humans cannot synthesize
ascorbate owing to inactivation of the gene encoding the enzyme l-gulono-γ-lactone …