ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] SZENT-GYORGYI observed that the suprarenal cortex reduces silver nitrate, and attributed this property to the ascorbic acid (vitamin C) which it contains1. Many workers have observed that this reaction disappears in scurvy and comes back if ascorbic acid is given to the scorbutic ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/138247b0