Re: What is the chemical formula for the reaction between DCPIP and vit. C

Date: Thu Oct 14 13:36:40 1999
Posted By: Mary Hadley, Faculty, Food and Nutrition, North Dakota State University
Area of science: Biochemistry
ID: 939661967.Bc

Message:


I am sorry but I do not have a software package that allows me to draw 
chemical structures but the equation is

C6H8O6	+            C12H7NCl2O2 
ascorbic acid        2,6-dichlorophenol-indophenol
are converted to:
C6H6O6  +            C12H9NCl2O2 
dehydroascorbic acid leucobase

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