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Editors Asard (biochemistry, U. of Nebraska, US), May (Vanderbilt U. School of Medicine, US) and Smirnoff (biological sciences, U. of Exeter, UK) present a synthetic text that brings together the scientific understanding of the role of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in the biology of plants and animals. Sixteen papers address such topics as the biosynthesis of ascorbic acid, the biotechnology of ascorbic acid manufacture, ascorbic acids role in signaling in plants, organic transport processes, the nonantioxidant functions of Vitamin C (especially in relation to the prevention of scurvy), vitamin C and oxidative damage to DNA, uptake and distribution in the nervous system, and the use of vitamin C in treating atherosclerosis. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
