Anti-angiogenic effect of high doses of ascorbic acid

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Pharmaceutical doses of ascorbic acid (AA, vitamin C, or its salts) have been reported to exert anticancer activity <it>in vitro</it> and <it>in vivo</it>. One proposed mechanism involves direct cytotoxicity mediated by accumulation of asc...

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Main Authors: Ichim Thomas E, Mikirova Nina A, Riordan Neil H
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-09-01
Series:Journal of Translational Medicine
Online Access:http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/6/1/50