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Nature Medicine 7, 29 - 30 (2001)
doi:10.1038/83312
Forbidden fruit
J. K. Aronson1
- University Department of Clinical Pharmacology Radcliffe Infirmary Woodstock Rd. Oxford OX2 6HE, UK
Abstract
Although citrus fruits prevent and cure scurvy, they may not always be as good for you as you thought.
Citrus fruits have received a good press ever since it was recognized that they can prevent and treat scurvy—first reported by Richard Mead in 'A Discourse on the Scurvy' in 1749. This ability to prevent scurvy was later demonstrated in a clinical trial by James Lind, published in 1753 in 'A Treatise of the Scurvy'.
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