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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H10O6
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
178.14
NACRES:
NA.25
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
83005
InChI
1S/C6H10O6/c7-1-2(8)5-3(9)4(10)6(11)12-5/h2-5,7-10H,1H2/t2-,3-,4-,5+/m0/s1
InChI key
SXZYCXMUPBBULW-NEEWWZBLSA-N
assay
≥95.0% (GC)
form
solid
optical activity
[α]/D 78.0±3.0°, c = 1 in H2O
color
white
mp
134 °C ((273 °F))
suitability
conforms to structure for Proton NMR spectrum
storage temp.
−20°C
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Biochem/physiol Actions
Metabolite in the biosynthetic pathway of vitamin C in higher plants.
Other Notes
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Storage Class
11 - Combustible Solids
wgk
WGK 3
flash_point_f
Not applicable
flash_point_c
Not applicable
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María del Carmen Córdoba-Pedregosa et al.
Journal of experimental botany, 56(412), 685-694 (2004-12-08)
Onions (Allium cepa L.) treated with external ascorbic acid or with the immediate precursor of its synthesis L-galactono-gamma-lactone show a stimulated elongation rate of the roots and an increase in the number of new radicles appearing at the bulb base.
Yongshun Gao et al.
Journal of experimental botany, 62(10), 3647-3657 (2011-03-23)
Ascorbate (AsA) is a redox buffer and enzyme cofactor with various proposed functions in stress responses and growth. The aim was to identify genes whose transcript levels respond to changes in leaf AsA. The AsA-deficient Arabidopsis mutant vtc2-1 was incubated
C M Spickett et al.
Free radical biology & medicine, 28(2), 183-192 (2001-04-03)
This study investigated the ability of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to synthesize ascorbate and its 5-carbon analogue erythroascorbate from a variety of precursors, and their importance as antioxidants in this organism. Studies of ascorbate and analogues in micro-organisms have been
Vincent R Franceschi et al.
Plant physiology, 130(2), 649-656 (2002-10-12)
L-Ascorbic acid (AsA) was found to be loaded into phloem of source leaves and transported to sink tissues. When L-[(14)C]AsA was applied to leaves of intact plants of three different species, autoradiographs and HPLC analysis demonstrated that AsA was accumulated
A Paradiso et al.
Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany), 14(4), 652-658 (2012-02-04)
Kernel development and maturation involve several well-characterised events, such as changes in ascorbate (ASC) metabolism, protein synthesis and storage, programmed cell death (PCD) of starchy endosperm and tissue dehydration. Despite many studies focusing on these events, whether and how they
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