TY - BOOK ID - 21827333 TI - Vitamin C : its chemistry and biochemistry AU - Davies, Michael B AU - Austin, John AU - Partridge, David A PY - 1991 VL - vol *4 SN - 0851863337 9781847552303 1847552307 9780851863337 PB - Cambridge : The Royal Society of Chemistry, DB - UniCat KW - Ascorbic acid KW - Chemistry KW - biochemistry KW - Chemical synthesis KW - chemical structure KW - Biochemie KW - Biochemistry KW - Biochimie KW - Biological chemistry KW - Chemie KW - Chemistry [Biological ] KW - Chemistry [Physiological ] KW - Chimie KW - Vitamin C KW - Vitamine C KW - 577.16 KW - 577.16 Vitamins. Vitamin-like substances. Vitaminology KW - Vitamins. Vitamin-like substances. Vitaminology KW - Vitamin C. KW - Avitaminosis. KW - Ascorbic acid. KW - Chemistry. KW - biochemistry. KW - Chemical synthesis. KW - chemical structure. KW - Acide ascorbique. KW - Scorbut. KW - Metabolism. KW - Therapeutic use. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:21827333 AB - Vitamin C is the first book to cover the history, chemistry, biochemistry, and medical importance of vitamin C and is the first to provide an in-depth, interdisciplinary study of this essential and fascinating compound. The book provides a comprehensive and systematic account of the vitamin C story, fully surveying the history of scurvy and how its cure led to the suggestion, discovery, and isolation of the vitamin, later named L-ascorbic acid. It describes in detail the vitamin's structure determination, synthesis and manufacture, and its oxidation products, derivatives and related compounds. Its key biochemical roles are fully categorized and explained, and the medical importance of the vitamin, including the recent use of so-called megadoses, is thoroughly discussed. Vitamin C will be of interest to a very wide readership and will provide useful background information and inspiration for students at various levels. It will also be relevant to the interested chemist or lay person, as well as those carrying out research in this area. ER -