Abstract:Abbreviations used: IMPS, invalid/improbable/interfering metabolic panaceas; PAC, proanthocyanidins; OPAC, oligomeric proanthocyanidins.
AbstractIn the 1930s, it was discovered that the ability of synthetic Vitamin C to treat scurvy was inferior to plant extracts containing Vitamin C. This observation led to the proposal of Vitamin P (permeability), as an essential phytochemical dietary nutrient. Subsequent attempts to isolate and characterize Vitamin P led to confusing and sometimes irreproducible results. Ov… Show more
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