Adaptation of the phosphotungstate method for the determination of vitamin C contents in animal and human tissues

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 57, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 1062-1065

  Rutkowski, Maciej ^a   Grzegorczyk, Krzysztof ^a   Greger, Janusz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Phosphotungstate Method; Tissues Animal and Human; Vitamin C Determination

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036876031     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2002-11-1219     Document Type: Article

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