| Literature DB >> 4670425 |
L R DeChatelet, M R Cooper, C E McCall.
Abstract
The addition of either ascorbic acid or dehydroascorbic acid to a suspension of polymorphonuclear leukocytes caused a dramatic increase in the resting hexose monophosphate shunt activity. A sequence of reactions involving dehydroascorbate, reduced glutathione, and reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate is described to explain this stimulation. This sequence could provide an alternate method of producing H(2)O(2) and a bactericidal mechanism which is independent of myeloperoxidase.Entities:
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Year: 1972 PMID: 4670425 PMCID: PMC444158 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.1.1.12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191