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These beneficial effects may be attributed to its antioxidant properties, although the exact mechanisms of action remain elusive. It is also unclear what intake levels are required for optimal health benefits. The task of defining optimal intakes is hindered by the lack of a reliable functional marker of tissue vitamin C status in man. Many different pathways have been investigated, but none of them have measurable outcome variables relating directly to scorbutic changes. The bone-collagen formation pathway has the potential to provide a functional index of tissue vitamin C adequacy. Vitamin C acts as a cofactor for the enzyme lysyl hydroxylase, which is required for the hydroxylation of lysine residues in procollagen chains. Pyridinoline is a mature collagen cross-link formed from three hydroxylysine residues, deoxypyridinoline is formed from two hydroxylysine and one lysine residue. 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