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Ascorbic acid concentrations were determined in livers, spleens and kidneys of 27 white rats infected withFasciola hepatica and 15 controls. Tissue ascorbic acid levels were consistently lower in infected animals and this was associated with decreased liver total proteins and glycogen.
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Gameel, A.A. Tissue ascorbic acid concentrations in rats experimentally infected withFasciola hepatica . Z. Parasitenkd. 68, 181–184 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00935059
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