To verify the results of their 1932 study, which indicated that "hexuronic acid" was in fact vitamin C, Szent-Gyorgyi and Svirbely ran additional tests with guinea pigs, using vitamin C derived from a new source, the red peppers used to make paprika (Capsicum annuum).
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7 (623,603 Bytes)
Date:
1933
Creator:
Svirbely, Joseph
Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert
Source:
Periodical: Svirbely, Joseph, and Albert Szent-Gyorgyi. "The Chemical Nature of Vitamin C." The Biochemical Journal 27, 1 (1933): 279-285. Article.
Publisher:
Biochemical Society (Great Britain)
Rights:
Reproduced with permission from Svirbely, Joseph and Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, (1933), Biochemical Journal, 27, 279-285. Copyright the Biochemical Society.
