Erythrobic acid

In recent years, possible alternatives to hydrazine have been suggested, and some have been used on plant. These include carbohydrazide (NH2NHCONHNH2), derivatives of hydroxylamine, e.g. diethyl hydroxy-lamine (HONfCiHjIi), ketoximes, and erythrobic acid (iso corbic acid). These are usually faster scavengers than hydrazine or activated hydrazine . 

Both the Canadian and FDA surveys showed that benzene is formed by benzoates and ascorbic or erythrobic acid in combination, but not when one of the additives is... 

Harada, Y., Shimizu, M., Murakawa, S., and Takahashi, T., 1979, Identification of FAD of D-gluconolac-tone dehydrogenase o-Erythrobic acid producing enzyme of Penicillium cyaneo-fulvum, Agric. Biol. Chem. 43 2635-3636. 

Certain derivatives of vitamin C (for example, erythrobic acid and ascorbyl palmitate) are used as antioxidants in food products to prevent rancidity, to prevent browning of fruit, and to cure meat. Erythrobic acid (D-araboascoibic acid) is poorly absorbed and has little antiscorbutic activity. 

---