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1 Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology, National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Bethesda 14, Maryland
The rate of hydroxylation of acetanilide, aniline and antipyrine is markedly reduced in guinea pigs depleted of ascorbic acid. On repletion of the animals with ascorbic acid the rate of hydroxylation is restored to normal.
The possible role of ascorbic acid in the hydroxylation of drugs of aromatic character is discussed.
Submitted on February 11, 1954