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BOTANICAL BRIEFING: The Function and Metabolism of Ascorbic Acid in Plants

✍ Scribed by NICHOLAS SMIRNOFF


Book ID
115570478
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
207 KB
Volume
78
Category
Article
ISSN
0305-7364

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Humans are unable to synthesise L-ascorbic acid (L-AA, ascorbate, vitamin C), and are thus entirely dependent upon dietary sources to meet needs. In both plant and animal metabolism, the biological functions of L-ascorbic acid are centred around the antioxidant properties of this molecule. Considera