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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 54, 1157S-1162S, Copyright © 1991 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Ascorbic acid and in situ kinetics: a new approach to vitamin requirements

M Levine, KR Dhariwal, PW Washko, JD Butler, RW Welch, YH Wang and P Bergsten
Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.

Ascorbic acid requirements are based on preventing the deficiency disease scurvy and on urinary excretion of vitamin C. We proposed the first quantitative approach to determining optimal requirements for ascorbic acid and other vitamins, called in situ kinetics. In situ kinetics biochemically is based on the application of Michaelis-Menten reaction kinetics to ascorbic acid-dependent reactions in situ. Clinically in situ kinetics is based on determining vitamin availability to tissues so that cell-specific reactions can occur. The biochemical concepts of in situ kinetics are verified for the first time through studying ascorbic acid regulation of norepinephrine biosynthesis. The principles of in situ kinetics can now be applied to humans and human cells and for determining optimal requirements for ascorbic acid and for other vitamins.




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