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“Supplementation with vitamins C + E resulted in decreased OS and increased fluidity and PUFA proportion in the membrane, both of which positively modulate (Na,K)-ATPase activity, accounting for the blood pressure reduction.”
“At a concentration of 10 mmol/1 ascorbic acid totally inhibits oxidative break-down of polyunsaturated fatty acids by radicals originating from hydrogen peroxide.”
Free radical research communications • 1985 | View Paper
“A correlation was found between excess consumption of fat, saturated fatty acids, cholesterol, sugar, deficiency in the diet of polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin C to the coronary heart disease prevalence.”
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology • 2001 | View Paper
“ Ascorbic acid treatment increases the content of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the lung considerably, i.e. the pulmonary membrane fluidity decreases significantly in response to ascorbic acid.”