title: [The role of L-ascorbic acid in free radical reactions].
abstract: L-ascorbic acid is one of the basic vitamins, necessary to the normal growth and behaviour of organisms. The primary of this review is to present the chemical characteristics of this substance and to discuss its relation to various biological functions of vitamin C, mainly as an antioxidant barrier (we analysed product of reaction between phenothiazine derivative and L-ascorbic acid).
authors.affiliation: Zakład Chemii Ogólnej i Nieorganicznej Instytutu Chemii Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku. klszcze@cksr.ac.bialystok.pl
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kleszczewska
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D005609:Free Radicals; D001205:Ascorbic Acid