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WE have reported previously that certain flava-nones (vitamin P) greatly influenced symptoms of experimental scurvy. This latter condition was interpreted as a mixed C and P avitaminosis. At our request, our experiments have been repeated by several laboratories. The results were partly corroborative and partly negative. The reason of this discrepancy is now cleared up. Vitamin P requires for its activity the presence of traces of ascorbic acid. A scurvy diet frequently contains such traces which in themselves have no influence on the development of scurvy, but enable vitamin P to act. In the entire absence of ascorbic acid, vitamin P is inactive. Quantitative data will be published elsewhere. Previous conclusions are upheld. The object of this note is to prevent superfluous discussion.
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BENTSÁTH, A., SZENT-GYÖRGYI, A. Vitamin P. Nature 140, 426 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140426b0
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