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- not comparablerarebiochemistryProduced or activated by a vitamin
Its vitaminergic actions and uses are identical to those of the hydrochloride.
1995, Alfonso R. Gennaro, Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy2 more examples
We hypothesize that AA is a vitaminergic transmitter that activates the release of both FSH and LH from the anterior pituitary gland. A schematic diagram of the hypothesized mechanism of action of AA as a vitaminergic neurotransmitter.
2001 September, S. Karanth, W. H. Yu, A. Walczewska, C. A. Mastronardi, S. M. McCann, Ascorbic acid stimulates gonadotropin release by autocrine action by means of NO, in Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (98(20): 11783–11788)Ascorbic acid (AA) is a potent antioxidant that is known to affect mood, and it is the first known vitaminergic neurotransmitter (Karanth et al., 2000; Balz, 2003).
2013, N. S. Minka, J. O. Ayo, “Physiological and behavioral responses of goats to 12-hour road transportation, lairage and grazing periods, and the modulatory role of ascorbic acid”, in Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications
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