Hypercholesterolemia due to Ascorbic Acid
- 1 March 1976
- journal article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 151 (3) , 579-582
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-151-39263
Abstract
Rats fed a purified diet containing ascorbic acid developed hypercholesterolemia. Because rats do not require exogenous ascorbic acid, they may be comparable to humans who supplement their diets with ascorbic acid in capsular form. The amount of ascorbic acid in this experiment was equivalent to 82 to 630 mg of capsular ascorbic acid ingested by an average man and was well below the amount ingested by those in search of respiratory benefit. The data are consonant with those on humans consuming controlled diets.Keywords
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