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. 1960 Jan;74(1):193–203. doi: 10.1042/bj0740193

Biological synthesis of l-ascorbic acid in animal tissues: conversion of l-gulonolactone into l-ascorbic acid

I B Chatterjee ¹, G C Chatterjee ¹, N C Ghosh ¹, J J Ghosh ¹, B C Guha ¹

PMCID: PMC1204069 PMID: 13809446

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