In vivo Synthesis of Ascorbic Acid by the Alloxan Diabetic Rat
- 1 March 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 94 (3) , 566-568
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-94-23014
Abstract
Alloxan diabetic rats excrete more ascorbic acid than do normal rats when on a diet of evaporated milk. Added chloretone causes similar amounts of ascorbic acid to be excreted by normal and alloxan diabetic rats. It appears that the action of insulin and the hexokinase reaction are not involved in the synthesis.Keywords
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