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The change of ascorbic acid content was studied in adrenal glands and blood of rabbits during the development of artificial hypothermia; changes occurring in the weight of adrenal glands were recorded as well. A reduction of ascorbic acid content in the adrenal glands takes place in conditions of moderate hypothermia at temperatures ranging from 31 to 26°C; there was also a moderate increase in the weight of the glands and a rise of ascorbic acid content in the blood. With intensification of hypothermia at temperatures ranging from 26 to 25°C a marked drop of ascorbic acid content in adrenal glands is accompanied by a reduction of their weight and discharge of ascorbic acid into the blood. In deep hypothermia (25–23°C) the amount of ascorbic acid in adrenal glands rises, their weight increases, while the blood ascorbic acid content declines.
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Ostashkov, K.V. The role of ascorbic acid in the mechanism of artificial hypothermia development. Bull Exp Biol Med 52, 797–800 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00811637
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