Abstract
DEPENDING upon the concentration of the active substance, the effect of ascorbic acid upon the growth of seedlings may be either stimulatory or inhibitory. It has been noticed before1,2 that, at a given concentration, the effects of the synthetic product and of the acid crystallized from a natural source were not identical. We have endeavoured to investigate the reason for the discrepancy.
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L. Havas, NATURE, 136, 435 (Sept. 14, 1935).
L. Havas, NATURE, 136, 989 (Dec. 21, 1935).
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HAVAS, L., GÁL, I. Divergent Physiological Effects of Synthetic and Natural Ascorbic Acids. Nature 138, 586–587 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138586b0
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