Ascorbic acid, flavonoids and the growth of experimental animals

ASCORBIC ACID, FLAVONOIDS AND THE GROWTH OF EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS 

One consequence of the influence of certain flavonoids on capillary resistance and their possible involvement as an obligatory factor for the maintenance of capillary integrity was their designation as a specific nutritional factor — and not merely as an adjunct to ascorbic acid action. They were collectively termed vitamin P [27] or bioflavonoids. The term vitamin P continued in use until 1950 when the Joint Committee on Nomenclature of the American Society of Biological Chemists and the American Institute of Nutrition recommended its 

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