REQUIREMENTS FOR VITAMIN C IN MAN
Open Access
- 1 September 1938
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Clinical Investigation in Journal of Clinical Investigation
- Vol. 17 (5), 671-676
- https://doi.org/10.1172/jci100994
Abstract
At least 0.8 mgm. of ascorbic acid per kgm. of body wt. is used daily by healthy subjects saturated with this vit. Smaller amts. maintain a lower conc. in the body stores. To protect against scurvy, 0.4 mgm. per kgm. or even less per day appear to be sufficient. Abnormally high requirements are observed in patients with active tuberculosis, but they are not specific for this disease. Requirements have been found to be increased to some extent in patients with peptic ulcer. A comparatively simple method for rough estimation of daily requirements is proposed.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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