- glucoascorbic acid
- A compound resembling ascorbic acid but with an additional –CHOH– between C-5 and C-6 of ascorbic acid; shows toxic effects on addition to diet that apparently are not caused by ascorbic acid antagonism.
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glu·co·ascor·bic acid .glü-kō-ə-.skȯr-bik- n an ascorbic acid analog C7H10O7* * *
glu·co·ascor·bic ac·id (gloo″ko-ə-skorґbik) a seven-carbon homologue of ascorbic acid having no vitamin C activity.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
