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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: Subcell Biochem. 2012;56:85–103. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-2199-9_6

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Ascorbate uptake and metabolism in the CNS. ASC, ascorbate; AFR, ascorbate free radical; DHA, dehydroascorbate; X•, oxidizing free radical species. AFR generated by X• dismutates to form ascorbate and dehydroascorbate. Both the AFR and DHA are recycled back to ascorbate by cellular metabolism.