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The Redox Pair Vitamin E and Vitamin C, A 13 C‐NMR Study
Author(s) -
Wijesundara Muthu B. J.,
Berger Stefan
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
liebigs annalen der chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1099-0690
pISSN - 0170-2041
DOI - 10.1002/jlac.199419941216
Subject(s) - chemistry , ascorbic acid , vitamin c , vitamin , redox , vitamin e , carbon 13 nmr , iodine , antioxidant , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , biochemistry , food science
Vitamin E is oxidized with iodine and the oxidation product reduced with vitamin C with 13 C‐NMR monitoring. It is shown that both the tocopheryl radical and the tocopherylquinone are reduced back to vitamin E by ascorbic acid.