Corpus ID: 25011014

Interaction of erythorbic acid with ascorbic acid catabolism.

@article{Hornig1976InteractionOE,
  title={Interaction of erythorbic acid with ascorbic acid catabolism.},
  author={D. Hornig and H. Weiser},
  journal={International journal for vitamin and nutrition research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Vitamin- und Ernahrungsforschung. Journal international de vitaminologie et de nutrition},
  year={1976},
  volume={46 1},
  pages={
          40-7
        }
}

D. Hornig, H. Weiser

Published 1976

Medicine

International journal for vitamin and nutrition research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Vitamin- und Ernahrungsforschung. Journal international de vitaminologie et de nutrition

After a vitamin C depletion period of 12 days supplementing erythorbic acid (50 mg/day/kg bodyweight) over 16 days significantly accelerated the catabolism of a newly ingested tracer dose of (1-14C) ascorbic aicd in guinea pigs in comparison to animals supplemented with ascorbic acid (5 mg/day/kg bodyweight), but this effect of erythorbic acid could not be normalized by additional supplementation with ascorbic acid. Half-lives for (1-14C) ascorbic acid (50% of the dose excreted) were… CONTINUE READING

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