From: Harvey Newstrom (harv@gate.net)
Date: Sat Jan 03 1998 - 19:18:12 MST
>> > For example, do you know that mammals can't produce
>> > ascorbic acid (a powerful anti-oxidant)? Little mistakes like that might
>> > be behind aging!
>>
>> Possible, but I doubt it. We usually get enough ascorbic acid from our
>> food, and excrete the surplus in our urine, so being able to produce
>> would not be a major advantage. I seem to recall that some mammals can
>> produce it, but I might be wrong.
Chimps and guinea pigs can produce their own ascorbic acid, which screwed
up many early vitamin C studies on them.
-- Harvey Newstrom <harv@gate.net>
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