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Vitamin C

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Diet and Human Immune Function

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Vitamin C (VC) was first isolated by Szent Györgyi (1930) and subsequently identified as an essential cofactor for prolyl and lysyl hydroxylases in collagen biosynthesis, a component of connective tissue (1). The vitamin is also essential for the optimum functioning of several other enzymes, including those involved in the biosynthesis of carnitine (2) and norepinephrine (3), as well as those involved in tyrosine metabolism (4).

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Anderson, R. (2004). Vitamin C. In: Hughes, D.A., Darlington, L.G., Bendich, A. (eds) Diet and Human Immune Function. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-652-2_7

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