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Article: Reports summarize ascorbic acid deficiency study results from University of Hohenheim.(Clinical report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 26, 2008
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Data detailed in 'Parenteral ascorbic acid in haemodialysis patients' have been presented. "Parenteral ascorbic acid has been frequently used to overcome problems of vitamin C deficiency in haemodialysis patients. The benefits of vitamin C supplementation in clinical studies have been controversial and did not consider toxicological aspects," scientists in Stuttgart, Germany report (see also Ascorbic Acid Deficiency).
"The review summarizes recent findings of the effects of parenteral ascorbic acid and discusses toxicological effects. Vitamin C deficiency in haemodialysis patients, which has been frequently described, cannot be improved with oral supplementation ...