Handbook of Vitamin C Research

Index 405metastases, 182metastasis, 138, 169, 369, 370, 371, 373metastatic, 371meteorological, 326metformin, 293methane, 93methanol, 95, 195methionine, 178, 251methodology, 279methyl group, 251methylmercury, 330, 331, 332, 333, 338, 339Mg 2+ , 71micelles, 205, 257microarray, 75microcirculation, xv, 295, 343, 348, 354microemulsions, 207microencapsulation, 193, 196, 198, 199, 207, 208,209, 210, 386, 388microenvironment, 169, 178, 301micrograms, 346, 347micronucleus, 122micronutrients, xvi, 141, 144, 172, 175, 274, 367,371micro-organisms, 190microparticles, vii, xi, 179, 185, 187, 193, 198, 201,206, 208, 209, 210microscope, 95microscopy, 92, 95, 201microsomes, 92, 114, 117, 118, 162microspheres, 194, 196, 201, 203, 204, 206, 209, 210microvascular, 134, 232, 351middle-aged, 50, 243, 341, 348, 349migration, 11, 121, 149, 206, 332, 339milk, 57, 196, 209, 388milligrams, x, 127, 244, 250mineral water, 53mineralization, 137, 222mineralized, 137, 150minerals, 128, 142, 144, 171, 357Ministry of Education, 79Minnesota, 264, 274miscarriage, xiii, 281, 289misinterpretation, 170missions, xiv, 313, 319, 322Missouri, 32mitochondria, ix, 10, 15, 36, 46, 48, 65, 67, 72, 77,82, 129, 283, 284, 307, 312, 338mitochondrial damage, 125mitochondrial DNA, 48, 67, 90, 118mitochondrial membrane, 10, 67, 230, 307, 339mitogen, 30mitogen-activated protein kinase, 30MMP, xvi, 367, 369, 370, 371, 372, 374, 375MMP-2, 369MMP-9, 369MMPs, xvi, 367, 369, 370, 371MnSOD, 18, 30modalities, 33models, 144, 169, 220, 300, 305, 308, 309, 312, 332,345, 369modulation, xii, xiv, 6, 38, 48, 123, 175, 237, 241,299moisture, xi, 185molar ratio, 162mole, 62, 63molecular mass, 290, 303molecular mechanisms, xii, 238, 312, 330, 333, 334molecular oxygen, 5, 9, 18, 158, 159, 178, 181, 344molecular structure, 239molecular weight, 188, 193, 196, 198, 199, 208, 210,219, 239molecules, vii, xi, 1, 5, 9, 12, 15, 18, 20, 90, 129,140, 152, 167, 185, 187, 195, 263, 284, 285, 292,301, 331, 345, 369Møller, 118Mongolia, 53, 56monoamine, 283monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP), 225, 231monocytes, 76, 80, 117, 125, 225, 235, 294, 302,345, 352monolayer, 93monomers, 196, 199mononuclear cell, 40, 151monosaccharides, 214montmorillonite, 197, 210montmorillonite (MMT), 197, 198morbidity, 287morphological, 199, 203morphology, 137, 142, 196, 201mortality, xi, 121, 132, 134, 146, 148, 153, 164, 165,166, 170, 171, 175, 176, 179, 206, 224, 234, 243,271, 275, 278, 287, 289, 300, 332, 349, 363, 378mortality rate, 134, 300, 363, 378mortality risk, 164, 275mRNA, 30, 66, 79, 219, 220, 296, 368mtDNA, 79mucosa, 137, 221, 226multidisciplinary, 187multiple myeloma, 176multiple sclerosis (MS), 7, 34