Vitamin C: Its Chemistry and Biochemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry Paperbacks)

This product is not available separately, it is only sold as part of a set. There are 750 products in the set and these are all sold as one entity. Vitamin C is the first book to cover the history, chemistry, biochemistry, and medical importance of vitamin C and is the first to provide an in-depth, interdisciplinary study of this essential and fascinating compound. The book provides a comprehensive and systematic account of the vitamin C story, fully surveying the history of scurvy and how its cure led to the suggestion, discovery, and isolation of the vitamin, later named L-ascorbic acid. It describes in detail the vitamin's structure determination, synthesis and manufacture, and its oxidation products, derivatives and related compounds. Its key biochemical roles are fully categorized and explained, and the medical importance of the vitamin, including the recent use of so-called megadoses, is thoroughly discussed. Vitamin C will be of interest to a very wide readership and will provide useful background information and inspiration for students at various levels. It will also be relevant to the interested chemist or lay person, as well as those carrying out research in this area Provides an in-depth, interdisciplinary study of the history, chemistry, biochemistry and medical importance of Vitamin C. Of interest to school, polytechnic and university students and chemists or lay persons carrying out research in this area