Biosynthesis of ascorbic acid in plants

Conklin, PL., 2001, Recent advances in the role and biosynthesis of ascorbic acid in plants. Plant Cell Environ. 24 383-394. 

Smirnoff, N., Conklin, P.L., and Loewus, F.A., 2001, Biosynthesis of ascorbic acid in plants A renaissance. Anna. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 52 437 167. 

The biosynthesis of ascorbic acid in plant tissues has been shown to be influenced by a number of factors, the most prominent of which is light. The relationship of vitamin C and light had become the subject of research even before the vitamin had been isolated and chemically identified. As research progressed, it became evident that light had a profound infiuence on the ascorbic acid content of green plants, and that it was the chief environmental factor concerned. 

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