Function of ascorbic acid in collagen metabolism

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1975 Sep 30:258:264-77. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1975.tb29287.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Ascorbic Acid / pharmacology*
  • Chick Embryo
  • Collagen / metabolism*
  • Glycine / metabolism
  • Granuloma / enzymology
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Hydroxyproline / metabolism
  • Iron / pharmacology
  • Ketoglutaric Acids / pharmacology
  • Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase / metabolism
  • Proline / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Scurvy / metabolism
  • Skin / drug effects
  • Skin / enzymology

Substances

  • Ketoglutaric Acids
  • Collagen
  • Proline
  • Iron
  • Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase
  • Ascorbic Acid
  • Hydroxyproline
  • Glycine