Vitamin C: Its Chemistry and Biochemistry

by John Austin, Michael B. Davies, David A. Partridge, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851863337
• ISBN13: 9780851863337
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"