The Synthesis of Ascorbic Acid by the Cockroach Periplaneta americana Linnaeus
Abstract
With the exception of man, monkey, and the guinea pig, all vertebrates thus far studied are able to synthesize ascorbic acid. The mechanism of this synthesis is unknown but it is believed that substances such as hexoses may be the starting point. Guha and Gosh (1934, 1935 and 1936) incubated minces of vertebrate tissues with different sugar substrates such as glucose, fructose, galactose, mannose, arabinose, and xylose. They found mannose to be the most effective substrate. Von Euler, Gartz, and alberg (1935) and Smythe and King (1942) were unable to duplicate the results of Guha and Gosh. Rudra (1938, 1939a and b) repoted that the manganese ion accelerated this synthesis.
Subject Area
Biochemistry|Organic chemistry|Entomology
Recommended Citation
Cordero, Sally Maria, "The Synthesis of Ascorbic Acid by the Cockroach Periplaneta americana Linnaeus" (1956). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI28622549.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI28622549
