Despite the importance of this small molecule in plant physiology and animal health, only very recently has significant progress been made toward understanding how plants synthesize ascorbic acid. To ...

Also known as ascorbic acid, vitamin C is a small carbohydrate molecule first identified in the 1920s by Albert von Szent Györgyi, who discovered that it was able to prevent and cure scurvy.

and ascorbic acid (vitamin C), making it a more nutrient-rich food option. This achievement was made possible by combining modifications in different biochemical pathways, allowing the researchers ...