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DAY1 found that in the larva of Tineola, the columnar but not the goblet cells contain vitamin C. Dadd2 reported that vitamin C is essential in the development of Schistocera gregaria. Gilmour3 found ascorbic acid widely distributed among insects and synthesized by them. An investigation of different larval instars of Plusia signata was undertaken to determine the distribution of ascorbic acid in different tissues in these stages.
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SAXENA, P. Ascorbic Acid in the Larval Stages of Plusia signata (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae). Nature 209, 535–536 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209535b0
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