Ascorbic acid synthesis by the mammalian fetus.
Fetal rat liver can synthesize ascorbic acid after 16 days of gestation. Fetal kidney was inactive and neither fetal guinea pig liver nor kidney possessed ascorbic acid synthetic ability.
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D000818:Animals; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism*; D005865:Gestational Age; D050544:L-Gulonolactone Oxidase; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D013401:Sugar Alcohol Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism
D013401:Sugar Alcohol Dehydrogenases; D050544:L-Gulonolactone Oxidase; D001205:Ascorbic Acid