TY - CHAP AU - María del Carmen García-Rodríguez AU - Alejandro Gordillo-García and Mario Altamirano-Lozano ED - Amal H. Hamza Y1 - 2017-08-02 PY - 2017 T1 - The Role of Vitamin C in the Protection and Modulation of Genotoxic Damage Induced by Metals Associated with Oxidative Stress N2 - This book highlights recent advances on vitamin C and related topics. The chapters of this book include basic information about vitamin C function, sources and analysis, and radioprotective and antioxidant effect of vitamin C. Also, the anticarcinogenic effect of vitamin C is introduced. Furthermore, we considered the encapsulation technique used in vitamin C preparation. Finally, recent advances in vitamin C transporter are illustrated. BT - Vitamin C SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.68686 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.68686 SN - 978-953-51-3422-0 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -