Archive for July 3rd, 2008

Vitamin C - Ascorbates and Health

Posted on July 03rd, 2008 in Vitamins

Vitamin C, Ascorbic Acid, L-ascorbate, is an essential nutrient - another member of the water-soluble vitamins. The others are the B complex vitamins. It was first isolated in 1928 by Dr. Szent-Gyorgyi a Hungarian biochemist and Nobel Prize winner. The presence of ascorbate is uniquely important for health and wellbeing.

It is required for essential metabolic [...]

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Vitamin E–Health Facts of Vitamin E

Posted on July 03rd, 2008 in Vitamins

Vitamin E is a fat soluble nutrient(vitamin), composed of a group of eight compounds - four tocopherols and four tocotrienols named after the first 4 letters of the Greek alphabet (alpha, beta, gamma, delta).

Each member of the entire group has varying degrees of biological activity with RRR isomer of alpha-tocopherol the most active form. Alpha-tocopherol [...]

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