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Abstract
l-Ascorbic acid-1-(14)C and its oxidation product, dehydro-l-ascorbic acid, produced labeled oxalic acid in oxalate-accumulating plants such as spinach seedlings (Spinacia oleracea) and the detached leaves of woodsorrel (Oxalis stricta and O. oregana), shamrock (Oxalis adenopylla), and begonia (Begonia evansiana). In O. oregana, conversion occurred equally well in the presence or absence of light. This relationship between l-ascorbic acid metabolism and oxalic acid formation must be given careful consideration in attempts to explain oxalic accumulation in plants.Entities:
Year: 1975 PMID: 16659288 PMCID: PMC541805 DOI: 10.1104/pp.56.2.283
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Plant Physiol ISSN: 0032-0889 Impact factor: 8.340