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Abstract
A stimulant-induced decrease in absorbance at 267 nanometers in preparations from rabbit olfactory epithelium requires ascorbic acid as a cofactor. Vitamin C is bound to proteins in the olfactory mucosa in vivo. When the stimulant. 3,7-dimethyl-6-octen-3-ol interacts with olfactory proteins, it triggers a change in protein conformation which renders ascorbic acid available for oxidation. The specific decrease in absorbance at 267 nanometers is produced when the "freed" ascorbic acid is oxidized.Entities:
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Year: 1969 PMID： 5798313 DOI： 10.1126/science.165.3896.901
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728