Antioxidants Vitamins C and E for Health

Based on the proceedings of a Symposium held during the 2002 World Congress of the Oxygen Club of California, 2002.

1. Vitamin C: An Introduction 2. Vitamin C Pharmacokinetics in Healthy Men and Women 3. Biochemical and Physiological Interactions of Vitamin C and Iron: Pro- or Antioxidant? 4. Vitamin C and Cancer 5. Ascorbic Acid and Endolethial NO Synthesis 6. Serum Ascorbic Acid andf Disease Prevalence in US Adults: The Third NAtional Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) 7. Vitamin C Status and Cardovascular DiseaseL A Review of Prospective Studies 8. Potential Adverse Effects of Vitamins C and E 9. Vitamin E: An Introduction 10. Bioavailability and Biopotency of Vitamin E in Humans: An Ongoing Controversy 11. Vitamin EL Evidence for 2:1 Preference for RRR- Compated with all-rac-a-Tocopherols 12. Mechanisms of Vitamin E Metabolism

Lester Packer, Maret G. Traber, Klaus Kraemer and Balz Frei