Vitamins, 7. Vitamin C (l-Ascorbic Acid)
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Vitamins, 7. Vitamin C (l-Ascorbic Acid)
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Manfred Eggersdorfer, Geo Adam, Michael John, Wolfgang Hähnlein, Ludvik Labler, Kai-U. Baldenius, Linda von dem Bussche-Hünnefeld, Eckhard Hilgemann, Peter Hoppe, Rainer Stürmer, Fritz Weber, August Rüttimann, Gérard Moine, Hans-Peter Hohmann, Roland Kurth, Joachim Paust, Wolfgang Hähnlein, Horst Pauling, Bernd–Jürgen Weimann, Bruno Kaesler, Bernd Oster, Ulrich Fechtel, Klaus Kaiser, Bernd de Potzolli, Michael Casutt, Thomas Koppe, Michael Schwarz, Bernd-Jürgen Weimann, Urs Hengartner, Antoine de Saizieu, Christof Wehrli, René Blum,
First published: 15 October 2011
Abstract
The article contains sections titled:
1. |
Introduction |
2. |
History |
3. |
Physical and Chemical Properties |
4. |
Analysis |
5. |
Occurrence and Sources of Vitamin C |
6. |
Biosynthesis |
7. |
Manufacture of Vitamin C |
7.1. |
Reichstein Synthesis |
7.2. |
Industrial Manufacture by the Reichstein Route |
7.3. |
Other Methods for Production of Ascorbic Acid |
8. |
Absorption and Metabolism |
9. |
Medical Aspects of Vitamin C |
10. |
Industrial Uses |
11. |
Economic Aspects |
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