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The Role of Ascorbic Acid in Growth, Differentiation and Metabolism of Plants

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Considering the role of AA in enzyme systems, it appears that there are very few investigations in which AA is assigned the function as a coenzyme like a number of derivatives of B vitamins do in metabolic reactions. Szent-Györgyi (1931) had suggested that AA may serve as a respiratory carrier in a system coupled with glutathione in plants.

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Chinoy, N.J., Dave, I.C., Singh, Y.D., Saxena, O.P., Vyas, A.V. (1984). Enzyme Action. In: Chinoy, N.J., Dave, I.C., Singh, Y.D., Saxena, O.P., Vyas, A.V. (eds) The Role of Ascorbic Acid in Growth, Differentiation and Metabolism of Plants. Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3713-6_11

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