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The histochemical localization of ascorbic acid was carried out in the pectoral muscles of various birds using a modified method. — The greater deposition of silver granules within the red fibres as well as in their nuclei than in those of the white ones is correlated with higher metabolic activity of the former. — The possible role of ascorbic acid as a participant in energy transfer mechanisms in the muscle fibres; in lipid synthesis and the importance of AA and its free radical in protein metabolism are discussed.
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Chinoy, N. Source of electron energy for animal metabolism. Histochemie 19, 125–128 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00281091
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