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Glutathione and Vitamin C in the Crystalline Lens

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IN a recent letter, Evans1 disagrees with our observation that a considerable part of the iodine-reducing substance in the crystalline lens is ascorbic acid2.

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  1. NATURE, 134, 180, August 4, 1934.

  2. NATURE, 131, 469, April 1, 1933.

  3. Biochem. J., 28, 638; 1934.

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  1. Dunn Nutritional Laboratory, University of Cambridge and Medical Research Council,

    T. W. BIRCH & W. J. DANN

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BIRCH, T., DANN, W. Glutathione and Vitamin C in the Crystalline Lens. Nature 134, 383 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134383a0

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