Increasing Vitamin C Content in Plant Foods to Improve Their Nutritional Value—Successes and Challenges
Vitamin C serves as a cofactor in the synthesis of collagen needed to support cardiovascular function, maintenance of cartilage, bones, and teeth, as well as being required in wound healing. Although vitamin C is essential, humans are one of the few mammalian species unable to synthesize the vitamin...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2013-08-01
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| Series: | Nutrients |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/5/9/3424 |