Abstract
Summary
A histochemical method was described which localized the activity of L-gulonolactone oxidase, the final oxidative step in synthesis of ascorbic acid from glucose. The enzyme was found to be active in the centrilobular cells of the rat liver and in selected portions of the mesonephric tubules of the frog kidney. It was absent from guinea pig kidney and liver, and from frog liver.
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