Abstract
THE conversion of dehydroascorbic acid to diketogulonic acid has been studied in chemical systems1 ; but, as Harris2 has pointed out, definite evidence is not available for any enzymatically catalysed transformation.
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TEWARI, C., KRISHNAN, P. Enzymatic Transformation of Dehydroascorbic Acid to Diketogulonic Acid. Nature 188, 144 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/188144a0
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