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Cover Picture: Maillard Degradation Pathways of Vitamin C (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 18/2013)
Author(s) -
Smuda Mareen,
Glomb Marcus A.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201302392
Subject(s) - maillard reaction , chemistry , ascorbic acid , glycation , degradation (telecommunications) , amide , vitamin c , carbohydrate , organic chemistry , biochemistry , food science , computer science , telecommunications , receptor
Even 80 years after the elucidation of the structure of L ‐threo‐ascorbic acid (vitamin C), the chemistry of this reactive reducing carbohydrate remains exciting. In their Communication on page 4887 ff., M. A. Glomb and M. Smuda report on their investigations into the Maillard degradation pathway, which revealed three major fragmentation mechanisms that lead to carbonyl and dicarbonyl compounds, carboxylic acids, and amide advanced glycation endproducts.