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THE synthesis of ascorbic acid, from glucuronolactone is impaired in liver extracts from fasted and from carbohydrate-deprived rats. This impairment has been interpreted as an adaptive metabolic response to these dietary changes1.
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COMPORTI, M., CORTE, E. & STIRPE, F. Regulation of Ascorbic Acid Synthesis in Rat-liver Extracts : Experiments with Growing Rats. Nature 202, 904–905 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202904b0
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