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http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2021.31.12.1142

Bone Health and L-ascorbic acid in Postmenopausal Women  

Kim, Bokyung (Department of Food and Nutrition, Silla University)
Kim, Mihyang (Department of Food and Nutrition, Silla University)
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Journal of Life Science / v.31, no.12, 2021 , pp. 1142-1148 More about this Journal
Abstract
As the average human lifespan has been extended, there has been a lot of interest in the quality of life of women after menopause. It is known that the average age of menopause among Korean women is 49.7 years, and the post-menopausal life of a woman takes up more than one third of her life. L-ascorbic acid (AsA) is known to be involved in the synthesis and maturation of collagen, a bone constituent protein. The aim of this review is to discuss the potential of AsA in bone health in postmenopausal women. AsA plays an important role in collagen biosynthesis, and collagen is a protein constituting bone and is a necessary material for calcification of the bone matrix. Collagen crosslinking is necessary for the stabilization and elasticity of collagen fibers during growth and matruation of animals, but an excessive increase is likely to lead to further aging because the movement of intercellular nutrients or waste is suppressed. AsA acts as a reducing agent to stabilize the immature collagen crosslinking and suppress pyridinoline production, a mature crosslinking. Therefore, AsA participates in collagen biosynthesis and helps bone tissue health, while regulating the excessive maturation of collagen crosslinking, it is expected to play an important role in bone-related problems that may occur in postmenopausal women.
Keywords
Bone health; collagen; L-ascorbic acid; postmenopausal women; pyridinoline;
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