Vitamin
dehydroascorbic acid
Subclass of:
Ascorbic Acid;
Lactones
Definitions related to dehydroascorbic acid:
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The oxidized form of ascorbic acid; it can be readily reduced to ascorbic acid in vivo.CRCH Nutrition TerminologyCancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, 2021
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The reversibly oxidized form of ascorbic acid. It is the lactone of 2,3-DIKETOGULONIC ACID and has antiscorbutic activity in man on oral ingestion.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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