Definition of Antiscorbutic. Meaning of Antiscorbutic. Synonyms of Antiscorbutic

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Definition of Antiscorbutic

Antiscorbutic
Antiscorbutic An`ti*scor*bu"tic, a. (Med.) Counteracting scurvy. -- n. A remedy for scurvy.

Meaning of Antiscorbutic from wikipedia

- Navy and Merchant Marine's lime juice showed that it had virtually no antiscorbutic power at all. The belief that scurvy was fundamentally a nutritional...
- British Royal Society awarded him the Copley Medal in 1776. The name antiscorbutic was used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries for foods known...
- by chemical synthesis, but has no significant biological role. The antiscorbutic properties of certain foods were demonstrated in the 18th century by...
- such as AA-2G, like many other derivatives of the ascorbic acid, show antiscorbutic effects. It is also sometimes used in skin whitening products. Ascorbyl...
- 43–73. doi:10.1515/bchm2.1936.242.1-2.43. "The relative content of antiscorbutic principle in limes and lemons, together with some new facts and some...
- containing up to 38 mg (0.59 gr) per 100 grams (3.5 oz). It was used as an antiscorbutic by British Arctic explorers. Blubber is also a source of vitamin D....
- long-sought antiscorbutic factor, henceforth known as vitamin C. After Walter Norman Haworth had determined its structure, the antiscorbutic was given the...
- and hydrogen ion concentration upon the rate of destruction of the antiscorbutic vitamin. The thesis was summarized in 1921 in the Proceedings of the...
- gallons of oatmeal, 210 gallons of olive oil and 2,000 pounds of sugar. Antiscorbutic supplies comprised 640 gallons of malt, 20,000 pounds of sauer****...
- a fair antiscorbutic as well as a substitute for tea which is more costly." It was recommended as a tea alternative, tonic and antiscorbutic, and was...