High vitamin C levels are required to overcome photo-inhibition in plants

Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 05:00 in Health & Medicine

Vitamin C (ascorbate) is an antioxidant and coenzyme for a number of metabolic reactions in living organisms. In plant chloroplasts, high vitamin C levels are required to overcome photo-inhibition caused by strong light.

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