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Dehydroascorbic Acid
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Definition
: 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.
deficiency: coordinate DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID/defic (IM) with ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY (IM)
Pharmacological Action
Vitamins
Other names
Acid, Dehydroascorbic
Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
Drugs
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dehydroerythorbic acid
5959-82-0
*Dehydroascorbic Acid
Stereoisomerism.
Methods Enzymol 1986;122:3
glutathione dehydrogenase (ascorbate)
EC 1.8.5.1
*Oxidoreductases
Dehydroascorbic Acid.
Vopr Med Khim 22(1):89;1976; Vopr Med Khim 25(4):447;1979
semidehydroascorbic acid
6730-29-6 L-
ascorbic acid, free radical form
Dehydroascorbic Acid/*analogs & derivatives
Free Radicals.
Biochim Biophys Acta 261(2):339;1972