Is there a role for vitamin C in preventing osteoporosis and fractures? A review of the potential underlying mechanisms and current epidemiological evidence

Vitamin C deficiency accelerates bone loss inducing an increase in PPAR-γ expression in SMP30 knockout mice

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Rab GTPase Mediated Procollagen Trafficking in Ascorbic Acid Stimulated Osteoblasts

(2012) Noushin Nabavi et al.   PLoS One

An in vitro study of osteoblast vitality influenced by the vitamins C and E

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Morphological assessment of bone mineralization in tibial metaphyses of ascorbic acid-deficient ODS rats

(2011) Tomoka Hasegawa et al.   BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH-TOKYO

Cytoplasmic superoxide causes bone fragility owing to low-turnover osteoporosis and impaired collagen cross-linking

(2011) Hidetoshi Nojiri et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

Calcium from plant sources is beneficial to lowering the risk of osteoporosis in postmenopausal Korean women

(2011) Hyoung-Moo Park et al.   NUTRITION RESEARCH

Supplementation of ascorbic acid and alpha-tocopherol is useful to preventing bone loss linked to oxidative stress in elderly

(2010) M. Ruiz-Ramos et al.   Journal of Nutrition Health & Aging

Vitamin C-deficiency stimulates osteoclastogenesis with an increase in RANK expression

(2010) Mamiko Hie et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY

Dietary patterns of antioxidant vitamin and carotenoid intake associated with bone mineral density: findings from post-menopausal Japanese female subjects

(2010) M. Sugiura et al.   OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL

Ascorbic acid accelerates osteoclast formation and death

(2009) Damien Le Nihouannen et al.   BONE

Protective effect of total and supplemental vitamin C intake on the risk of hip fracture—a 17-year follow-up from the Framingham Osteoporosis Study

(2009) S. Sahni et al.   OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL

Effect of antioxidants combined to resistance training on BMD in elderly women: a pilot study

(2008) A. Chuin et al.   OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL

Effect of antioxidants and exercise on bone metabolism

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