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Organic Chemicals > Lactones > Dehydroascorbic Acid
Carbohydrates > Sugar Acids > Ascorbic Acid > Dehydroascorbic Acid
... > Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Acyclic > Sugar Acids > Ascorbic Acid > Dehydroascorbic Acid
... > Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Hydroxy Acids > Sugar Acids > Ascorbic Acid > Dehydroascorbic Acid

Preferred term

Dehydroascorbic Acid  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • deficiency: coordinate DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID/defic (IM) with ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY (IM)

Scope note

  • The reversibly oxidized form of ascorbic acid. It is the lactone of 2,3-DIKETOGULONIC ACID and has antiscorbutic activity in man on oral ingestion.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under ASCORBIC ACID 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003683

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