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Article: Vitamin C helps cigarette-smoking hamsters. (water soluble vitamin C reduces white cell adhesion) (Brief Article)
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- August 6, 1994
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There's good news for antioxidant supporters: A new study in the Aug. 2 PROCEEDINGS of the NATIONAL ACADEMY Of SCIENCES shows that vitamin C protects hamsters from some of the harmful effects of cigarette smoke.
Previous studies suggested that the antioxidants vitamin C, vitamin E, and the drug probucol offer a shield against atherosclerosis -- one smoking-induced health problem -- because of their ability to disarm highly reactive free radicals in the blood (SN: 8/26/89, p.133). Data from two recent cancer prevention trials, however, have tarnished the image of antioxidants as the body's premier scavengers of harmful free radicals (SN: 7/23/94, p.54).
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