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THE need at the moment, especially of the Fighting Forces, for vitamin C has provided the urge for establishing more natural sources rich in this vitamin. Recent search has revealed that walnut1, rose hips2 and parsley3 are among the most potent. The earlier, already familiar, sources are cited in Thorpe4. I wish to direct attention to the existence of another rich source, namely, the Indian gooseberry, discovered more than eight years ago, but missed by subsequent workers abroad and recently rediscovered by Chen et al.5, from China.
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SRINIVASAN, M. Vitamin C in Plants: Indian Gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica). Nature 153, 684 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153684a0
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