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Incapability of L-ascorbic acid synthesis by insects.
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This article is published in Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics.The article was published on 1972-10-01. It has received 30 citations till now.read more
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Evolution and the biosynthesis of ascorbic acid
TL;DR: The ability to synthesize ascorbic acid is absent in the insects, invertebrates, and fishes and a similar transition in the biosynthetic ability was observed in the branched evolution of the birds.
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Synthesis and some major functions of vitamin C in animals.
TL;DR: Using the in vitro method, the ascorbic acid synthesizing abilities of different species of animals in the phylogenetic tree are examined, and the results are given below.
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Ascorbate Metabolism and Its Regulation in Animals
TL;DR: The authors deal with the synthesis and the breakdown of ascorbate as a part of the antioxidant and carbohydrate metabolism, and a complex metabolic regulation is supposed.
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Metabolic and nutritional aspects of xylitol.
TL;DR: The chapter discusses that the amount of xylitol which can be taken per os is limited by its slow absorption and the resulting osmotic diarrhea.
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The determination of ascorbic acid in whole blood and urine through the 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine derivative of dehydroascorbic acid
Joseph H. Roe,Carl A. Kuether +1 more
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Synthesis of L-ascorbic acid in plants and animals.
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that D-glucose may also pass to L-ascorbic acid through corresponding intermediates, such as D-galactose, D-mannose, and L-gulonic acid.
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L-Ascorbic Acid Synthesis in Birds: Phylogenetic Trend
TL;DR: The ability of several species of birds to synthesize L-ascorbic acid is correlated with their phylogeny, and the pattern of evolution of the ascorbic acid pathway among birds is similar to that among mammals.
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Species difference in regard to the biosynthesis of ascorbic acid.
R. N. Roy,B. C. Guha +1 more
TL;DR: The Grollman and Lehninger method has shown that, as opposed to mammals, the capacity for synthesizing ascorbic acid in the birds and reptiles they studied, namely, the chicken, pigeon and tortoise, resides in the kidney tissues.
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Aspects of ascorbic acid biosynthesis in animals.
TL;DR: The results indicate that in the evolutionary ascent the enzyme originally residing in the kidney gradually passes into the liver and finally disappears from the liver also.