TY - JOUR ID - 45915 TI - The Effects of Vitamin C in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials JO - International Journal of Nutrition Sciences JA - IJNS LA - en SN - 2538-1873 AU - Mosallanezhad, Zahra AU - Jalali, Mohammad AU - Eftekhari, Mohammad Hassan AU - Ahmadi, Afsane AD - Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Research Center for Health Sciences, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 4 IS - 4 SP - 170 EP - 174 KW - COPD KW - Vitamin C KW - Ascorbic Acid DO - 10.30476/ijns.2019.84611.1049 N2 - The present systematic review aimed to investigate the effects of vitamin C on the improvement of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Online databases (PubMed, Scopus, Embase, Cochrane Library and Web of Sciences) were systematically searched to find clinical trials evaluating the effects of vitamin C supplementation on COPD up to July 2019. After excluding irrelevant records, 3 studies were included. Two included studies demonstrated significant effect of vitamin C supplementation on COPD improvement, but another study did not. In conclusion, vitamin C might have positive effects on COPD patients. But more future studies are needed to reach a definite conclusion. UR - https://ijns.sums.ac.ir/article_45915.html L1 - https://ijns.sums.ac.ir/article_45915_77c26f2435d7b0463e1e318954da966a.pdf ER -