Vitamin C exhibits pro-oxidant properties

Ian D. Podmore (), Helen R. Griffiths, Karl E. Herbert, Nalini Mistry, Pratibha Mistry and Joseph Lunec
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Ian D. Podmore: CMHT, University of Leicester
Helen R. Griffiths: CMHT, University of Leicester
Karl E. Herbert: CMHT, University of Leicester
Nalini Mistry: CMHT, University of Leicester
Pratibha Mistry: CMHT, University of Leicester
Joseph Lunec: CMHT, University of Leicester

Nature, 1998, vol. 392, issue 6676, 559-559

Abstract: Abstract Vitamin C is marketed as a dietary supplement, partly because of its ‘antioxidant’ properties. However, we report here that vitamin C administered as a dietary supplement to healthy humans exhibits a pro-oxidant, as well as an antioxidant, effect in vivo.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1038/33308

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