Talk: Ascorbic acid
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All primates, except humans, and a few other species, such as the Guinea Pig...
Er, guinea pigs aren't primates.. should this say "all mammals," maybe? Kwertii 02:19, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Ascorbic acid and Vitamin C are not equivalent--Vitamin C is a form of ascorbic acid (I'm believing what I'm reading). Ascorbic acid is more general, so if anything, Vitamin C should redirect into ascorbic acid.
However, I think it's best if they're separate entries; ascorbic acid about the general class of ascorbic acid, Vitamin C about the L-idoslkwhater of ascorbic acid.
--TheCunctator
Exactly. isomer. The L isomer. Althought that isn't the only nomenclature that can be used to describe the isomeric differences. I'm not an expert on the biochemistry of ascorbic acid--it could be that the L form and the D form interconvert to form a racemate in vivo, but I wouldn't bet on it.
one can discuss ascorbic acid as a organic acid without any reference to it as a nutrient. That's why I originally put the stuff in about it's use as a reductant in chemical developer solutions--Eastman Kodak uses tons of this stuff!
--JoeAnderson
Was it Haworth or Szent-Györgyi who got the Nobel for vitamin C? -- Marj Tiefert, Tuesday, June 11, 2002
both...
see:
http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1937/haworth-lecture.html
http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1937/szent-gyorgyi-lecture.html
Malcolm Farmer, Wednesday, June 12, 2002
Could someone check my revision of the SMILES string? I didn't like how it neded with (CC) since I don't see an ethyl in the structure anywhere.
C1(O)=C(O)C(=O)OC1(C(O)CO)
gives the same structure as "ascorbin.gif" when I plug it in at http://www.daylight.com/daycgi/depict, although my head swims when I try to figure it out on paper. Milkfish 11:25 Apr 14, 2003 (UTC)
Molecular weight ?
An anonymous user amended this from 176.12 to 176.13 Both weights give a similar number of hits on Google however since a large proportion of the 176.12 sites are Wikipedia mirror ones I've left the higher figure. Can anyone give an authorative answer? Lumos3 15:33, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
