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. 1971 Jun;3(6):851–853. doi: 10.1128/iai.3.6.851-853.1971

Stimulation of Leukocyte Hexose Monophosphate Shunt Activity by Ascorbic Acid

M Robert Cooper 1, Charles E McCall 1, Lawrence R DeChatelet 1
PMCID: PMC416250  PMID: 16558067

Abstract

Ascorbic acid in vitro markedly stimulates the hexose monophosphate shunt in normal human neutrophils, rabbit alveolar macrophages, and in neutrophils from a patient with chronic granulomatous disease.

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