title: Effects of Carnosine and Anserine on the Destruction of Vitamin B12 with Vitamin C in the Presence of Copper.
abstract: Vitamin B12 is destroyed by the addition of substantial amounts of vitamin C in the presence of copper. Effects of carnosine and anserine, natural water-soluble antioxidants, on the destruction of vitamin B12, were studied. Addition of carnosine (l0mM) effectively repressed the destruction of vitamin B12, but anserine had only weak inhibitory effects.
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Nutrition and Food Science , Hagoromo-gakuen College , Sakai 592 , Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takenaka
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Nutrition and Food Science , Hagoromo-gakuen College , Sakai 592 , Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.affiliation: b Department of Food and Nutrition , Kochi Women's University , Kochi 780 , Japan.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.affiliation: b Department of Food and Nutrition , Kochi Women's University , Kochi 780 , Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Nutrition and Food Science , Hagoromo-gakuen College , Sakai 592 , Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.affiliation: c Department of Applied Biological Chemistry , Osaka Prefecture University , Sakai 593 , Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakano
keywords: anserine; antioxidants; carnosine; cobalamin; vitamin C