Natural elements having anticancer propeies -

Actions of vitamin C include antioxidant activity, promotion of nonheme iron absorption, carnitinebiosynthesis, conversion of dopamine to norepinephrine, and synthesis of many peptide hormones. Vitamin C is also impoant for connective tissue metabolism and cross-linking (proline hydroxylation), and it is a component of many drug-metabolizing enzyme systems, paicularly the mixed-function oxidase systems . The antioxidant activity of Vit C results in anticancer propeies . Ref - Harrison internal medicine 20e p2313