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Redox Properties of Human Erythrocytes Are Adapted for Vitamin C Recycling

Ascorbic acid (AA; or vitamin C) is an important physiological antioxidant and radical scavenger. Some mammalian species, including homo sapiens, have lost the ability to synthetize AA and depend on its nutritional uptake. Erythrocytes from AA-auxotroph mammals express high amounts of the glucose tr...

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Autores principales: Eigenschink, Michael, Savran, Danylo, Zitterer, Christoph P., Granitzer, Sebastian, Fritz, Magdalena, Baron, David M., Müllner, Ernst W., Salzer, Ulrich
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8685503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34938201
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.767439