EFFECT OF LARGE DOSES OF VITAMIN-C ON LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION AND SOME LABORATORY PARAMETERS

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 49  (2) , 160-165
Abstract
Large doses of vitamin C are credited with several beneficial effects, e.g., on serum cholesterol, Hb synthesis and leukocyte function. Other authors warn against large doses which could cause renal stones, disturbed vitamin C metabolism and a diabetogenic effect. Twenty-four healthy women received placebo, 1000 or 4000 mg ascorbic acid daily in a double-blind study. Blood was drawn at regular intervals. Those women who received large doses of vitamin C increased their serum levels of vitamin C during the medication, but no differences in leukocyte levels of vitamin C, leukocyte function or other laboratory parameters were found between women who received placebo or large doses of ascorbic acid.

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