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SPECULATION on a possible explanation of the difference in ascorbic acid contents of different plants led me to the idea that this difference may be due to the activating influence on the synthesis of ascorbic acid by plants of some mineral or minerals which are not detectable by ordinary analytical methods. A close study of the paper by Boyd and De1, who have made a spectrographic analysis of a number of vegetable and animal products, revealed the fact that the manganese lines are very prominent in those vegetable products and animal tissues which are generally rich in ascorbic acid content. This led me to the investigation of the role of manganese in the synthesis of ascorbic acid by plants and animals.
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Boyd, T. C., and De, N. K., Ind. J. Med. Res., 21, 109 (1933).
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RUDRA, M. Role of Manganese in the Biological Synthesis of Ascorbic Acid. Nature 141, 203 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141203a0
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