Antiscorbutic Activity of L-Ascorbic Acid 2-Glucoside and Its Availability as a Vitamin C Supplement in Normal Rats and Guinea Pigs

journal of pharmacobio-dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1990, Pages 688-695

  Yamamoto, Itaru ^a   Suga, Sadaharu ^a   Mitoh, Yoshihiro ^a   Tanaka, Mari ^a   Muto, Norio ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

a glucosidase; antiscorbutic activity; ascorbic acid; ascorbic acid 2 glucoside; bioavailability; in vivo hydrolysis; stable ascorbic acid; vitamin C supplement

Indexed keywords

2 O ALPHA D GLUCOPYRANOSYLASCORBIC ACID; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ASCORBIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GUINEA PIG; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; SCURVY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMAL; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; GUINEA PIGS; HYDROLYSIS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SCURVY;

EID: 0025611002     PISSN: 0386846X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb1978.13.688     Document Type: Article

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