Handbook of Vitamin C Research

Index 407nitrate, 14, 88, 179, 234, 240, 302Nitric oxide (NO), 10, 14, 17, 132, 133, 147, 284,286, 292, 301, 302, 305, 326, 327, 336, 344, 345,346nitric oxide synthase, xv, 3, 17, 30, 37, 231, 284,294, 302, 309, 329, 335, 337, 343, 351, 352nitric-oxide synthase, 309Nitrite, 21nitrogen, 3, 5, 9, 11, 34, 57, 91, 113, 154, 194, 240,284, 301, 302, 314, 316, 368nitrogen dioxide, 284, 302nitrogen oxides, 314, 316nitrosamines, 96, 98, 117, 118, 121, 122, 123, 129,240nitroso compounds, 117, 118, 122, 234, 242nitroxide, 143, 154, 240nitroxide radicals, 154, 240NK-cell, 161NMDA, 300, 307N-methyl-D-aspartate, 300, 307N-N, v, ix, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 99, 100,101, 102, 103, 110, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118,120, 122NO synthase (NOS), 132, 147, 284, 302nodules, 137, 150non-enzymatic, viii, 6, 12, 14, 15, 24, 45, 68, 71, 90non-enzymatic antioxidants, 15, 24non-Hodgkin‘s lymphoma, 138nonsense mutation, 75non-small cell lung cancer, 182nonsmokers, 52, 63, 72, 138, 262, 263, 265, 272,273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 347, 356nontoxic, 142, 154, 196, 248norepinephrine, 3, 128, 191Norfolk, 136, 148, 149, 179normal conditions, xiii, 218, 224, 281, 285normal distribution, 49normalization, 337North America, 327Norway, vi, xiv, 313, 315, 316, 319, 325, 326, 327Norway spruce, xiv, 313, 315, 316, 319, 325, 326,327NSAIDs, 228, 258nuclear, 13, 30, 33, 65, 83, 90, 137, 226, 230, 308nuclear receptors, 226, 230nuclei, 159, 177nucleic acid, xi, 6, 7, 20, 129, 185, 197, 240, 249,250, 284, 285, 301nucleotide sequence, 219nucleotides, 55, 302nucleus, 18, 370nurse, 204nutrition, vii, viii, xvii, 45, 47, 49, 52, 63, 64, 76, 78,83, 129, 151, 170, 179, 180, 181, 206, 207, 254,282, 309, 354, 385nutritional assessment, 277nutritional deficiencies, xvii, 141, 385, 386nutritional supplements, 35obese, 17obesity, 7, 80, 83, 136, 271, 278, 344, 350obstruction, 356, 365obstructive lung disease, 365occlusion, 346, 347O-D, 97ODS, 71, 150oedema, xv, 343, 348Ohmic, 387oil, 66, 193, 336, 339oleic acid, 37oligonucleotides, 203, 371omega-6, 12oncogenes, 250, 373oncology, 119, 150, 151, 176, 177, 255, 257onion, 91, 121, 359oocyte, xiii, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 290, 294optimal health, vii, xi, 31, 141, 144, 185, 186oral cavity, 227, 242orange juice, 142, 204, 359, 387, 388Oregon, 93, 100organ, xvi, 12, 13, 221, 226, 228, 343, 348organic, xi, xiv, 137, 159, 185, 192, 193, 194, 208,285, 313, 317, 330, 331organic peroxides, 285organic solvent, 192, 193organism, xvii, 49, 122, 165, 187, 224, 385orthopaedic, 225osmotic, 132, 146ossification, 228osteoblastic cells, 233, 236osteoblasts, 218, 223, 236, 241, 254osteopenia, 223osteopontin, 236outpatient, 357, 358ovarian cancer, 116ovaries, 282, 283, 286, 292ovary, 252, 293, 369overload, 4, 164over-the-counter, 349O