title: Synthesis and some major functions of vitamin C in animals.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003683:Dehydroascorbic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000378:metabolism; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006632:Histamine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism; D009928:Organ Specificity; D051381:Rats; D012614:Scurvy / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D001224:Aspartic Acid; D006632:Histamine; D001205:Ascorbic Acid; D003683:Dehydroascorbic Acid