Ascorbate metabolism and its regulation in animals

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 793-803

  Bánhegyi, Gábor ^a   Braun, László ^a   Csala, Miklós ^a   Puskás, Ferenc ^a   Mandl, József ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Ascorbic acid; Free radicals; Glutathione; Glycogenolysis; Gulonolactone oxidase; Pentose phosphate pathway; UDP glucuronic acid

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GULONOLACTONE OXIDASE;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LIVER;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030804869     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(97)00062-2     Document Type: Review

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