Abstract
IN this monograph—the sixteenth of the well-known "Protoplasma" series—Prof. A. Giroud develops, from an account of his own and other histochemical studies on the distribution of ascorbic acid in plant and animal cells, an interesting general discussion of the biological function of the vitamin. Although his treatment is sometimes rather speculative and often superficial, it provides a highly stimulating review of the large literature that has grown up since Szent-Gyorgi announced the discovery of 'hexuronic acid' ten years ago. It well repays reading.
L'Acide ascorbique dans la cellule et les tissues
Prof.
A.
Giroud
Par. (Protoplasma-Monographien, Band 16.) Pp. vi + 187. (Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1938.) 12 gold marks.
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D., J. [Short Reviews]. Nature 145, 294 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145294a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/145294a0