Ascorbic acid accumulates in cartilage in vivo

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 334, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 157-162

  Stabler, Thomas V ^a   Kraus, Virginia B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Cartilage; Chondrocytes; Guinea pigs; Synovial fluid

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; VITAMIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GUINEA PIG; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL;

CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 12444253838     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(03)00225-0     Document Type: Article

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