Dehydroascorbic acid

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Dehydroascorbic acid (DHA) is the major oxidized form of ascorbic acid (vitamin C). It is actively imported into the endoplasmic reticulum of cells via glucose transporters. It is trapped therein by reduction back to ascorbic acid by glutathione and other thiols.

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