Experimental Vitamin C Depletion and Supplementation in Young Men: Nutrient Interactions and Dental Health Effects
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Biochemical indices of AA clearly showed that the young men in this study were brought into various states of AA depletion and repletion according to their dietary AA intakes. While previous studies have postulated that supplemental intakes of AA may adversely affect body status of vitamins B6 and B12, we found no changes in the B vitamin status of the young men receiving varying AA intakes. Moderate AA supplementation (605 mg/day) showed no antagonistic effect on markers of vitamins B6 and B12. Blood markers of fat-soluble vitamins A and E and iron status were not affected by AA intakes. The propensity of the gingiva to become inflamed or bleed on probing was reduced after normal (65 mg/day) AA intakes as compared to deficient (5 mg/day) intakes and upon supplementary (605 mg/day) AA intakes as compared to normal intakes. The results suggest that AA status may influence early stages of gingival inflammation and crevicular bleeding, and warrant further study of the relationship between AA and periodontal health.
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Regardless of oral hygiene, vitamin C reduction induces gingival bleeding.
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- Authors
- JACOB, R. A., OMAYE, S. T., SKALA, J. H., LEGGOTT, P. J., ROTHMAN, D. L., & MURRAY, P. A.
- Affiliations
- United States Department of Agriculture (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- ORCID
- SKALA, JAMES H.
- Venue
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1987-07
- Volume
- 498
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 333-346
- ISSN
- 0077-8923 (ISSN-L)
- 1749-6632
- OpenAlex
- W1622813751
- Cited by
- 48
- References
- 47
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 1.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Biochemistry › Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Health Sciences › Dentistry › Periodontics › Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
- Keywords
- vitamin C, vitamin C depletion, vitamin C supplementation, vitamin B6 status, vitamin B12 status, fat-soluble vitamins, iron status, gingivitis, gingival bleeding, periodontal health, dietary vitamin C intake, young men
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Ascorbic Acid, Ascorbic Acid Deficiency, Gingival Diseases, Humans, Iron, Male, Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Periodontal Diseases, Pyridoxine, Vitamin A, Vitamin B 12, Vitamin E
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