Hello,
Would anyone happen to know if it is the antioxidant properties of vit. C that cause the beneficial effects on our cardiovascular system?
Or is it something else in the vit. C that does it?
Or, perhaps, do we simply don't know (yet)?
Thanks.
Moderator: ofonorow
ofonorow wrote:It is the anti-scurvy property (collagen production, etc.) and probably not as much the antioxidant property.
Vitamin C acts as an electron donor for eight different enzymes:[79]
* Three enzymes participate in collagen hydroxylation.[80][81][82] These reactions add hydroxyl groups to the amino acids proline or lysine in the collagen molecule via prolyl hydroxylase and lysyl hydroxylase, both requiring vitamin C as a cofactor. Hydroxylation allows the collagen molecule to assume its triple helix structure and making vitamin C essential to the development and maintenance of scar tissue, blood vessels, and cartilage.[49]
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