Medicus, Vol. 11 No. 1_Farmakologija, 2002.
Review article
The Place and Role of Vitamins Today
Vlasta Bradamante
Abstract
There are today at least three interesting scientific
areas investigating the effects of vitamins and their
results being implemented into the clinical medicine. They
include trials of some vitamins' effects in treating antioxidant
stress and in prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Another
aspect important to general population is determination of
daily intake of vitamins and the quality of nutrition (diet) regarding
the health preservation. However, the antioxidant effects
of vitamins are the most interesting for the contemporary
human and these results will become important for general
population when the preliminary positive results of in vitro and
animal studies get their proof in randomised clinical trials. In
spite of often-controversial data of epidemiological and clinical
studies, it seems that vitamin and mineral intake in doses
equal or even higher than RDA not only benefits prevention of
diseases related to their deficiency but also helps optimal
development and upkeep of physiologic function and/or prevention
of some degenerative diseases. These facts were
considered by the American FNB Society in creating new DRIs
values, which are valid in US and Canada since 1999.
Keywords
vitamins; clinical investigation; oxidative stress
Hrčak ID:
19955
URI
Publication date:
13.2.2002.
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