Biological synthesis of <scp>l</scp>-ascorbic acid: the conversion of <scp>l</scp>-galactono-γ-lactone into <scp>l</scp>-ascorbic acid by plant mitochondria

Abstract

of D-glyceric and L-ascorbic acids possibly exists in the rat, for treatment with the drug chloretone causes the rat to excrete in its urine increased amounts of both D-glyceric and L-ascorbic acids.