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Ascorbic Acid and Vitamin B12 FREE

Harold L. Newmark, MS; Jacob M. Scheiner, MS; Martin Marcus, MS; Makund Prabhudesai, MD
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JAMA. 1979;242(21):2319-2320. doi:10.1001/jama.1979.03300210045022
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Using extraction procedures in which the extracted vitamin B12 was protected by cyanide or metabisulfite, several investigators found no change in vitamin B12 when meals were incubated in the presence of ascorbic acid for 30 minutes at 37 °C. A previous report suggested degradation of vitamin B12 under these conditions, but this was apparently caused by incomplete protection of the extracted vitamin B12 in the assay procedure. If incubation at 37 °C for 30 minutes is a laboratory mimic of the gastric environment, one must conclude that high doses of ascorbic acid do not affect the stability of vitamin B12 in vivo.

(JAMA 242:2319-2320, 1979)

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Herbert V, Jacob E:  Destruction of vitamin B12 by ascorbic acid . JAMA 230:241-242, 1974;.
Lau KS, Gottlieb C, Wasserman LR, et al:  Measurement of serum vitamin B12 level using radioisotope dilution and coated charcoal . Blood 26:202-214, 1965;.
Newmark HL, Scheiner J, Marcus M, et al:  Stability of vitamin B12 in the presence of ascorbic acid . Am J Clin Nutr 29:645-649, 1976;.
Official Methods of Analysis , ed 12. Washington, DC, Association of Official Analytical Chemists, 1975;, pp 842-843.
 The estimation of vitamin B12, Analytical Methods Committee . Analyst 81:132-136, 1956;.
Wide L, Killander A:  A radiosorbent technique for the assay of serum vitamin B12 . Scand J Clin Lab Invest 27:151-159, 1971;.
Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin B12 in Foods , Home Economics Research Report No. 36. Washington, DC, Agricultural Research Service, US Dept of Agriculture, 1969;.
Schindler B, Jager A:  Kein Einfluss von Vitamin C auf die Stabilitat von Vitamin B12 in zubereiteten Lebensmitteln . Ernahrungs-Umschau 23:342-344, 1976;.
Herbert V, Jacob E, Wong K-TJ:  Destruction of vitamin B12 by vitamin C . Am J Clin Nutr 30:299, 1977;.
Newmark HL, Scheiner J:  Destruction of vitamin B12 by vitamin C . Am J Clin Nutr 30:A297-299, 1977;.
Herbert V, Jacob E, Wong K-TJ, et al:  Low serum vitamin B12 levels in patients receiving ascorbic acid in megadoses: Studies concerning the effect of ascorbate on radioisotope vitamin B12 assay . Am J Clin Nutr 31:253-258, 1978;.
Marcus M, Prabhudesai M, Wassef S:  Stability of vitamin B12 in the presence of ascorbic acid in food and serum: Restoration by cyanide of apparent loss . Am J Clin Nutr , to be published.

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Herbert V, Jacob E:  Destruction of vitamin B12 by ascorbic acid . JAMA 230:241-242, 1974;.
Lau KS, Gottlieb C, Wasserman LR, et al:  Measurement of serum vitamin B12 level using radioisotope dilution and coated charcoal . Blood 26:202-214, 1965;.
Newmark HL, Scheiner J, Marcus M, et al:  Stability of vitamin B12 in the presence of ascorbic acid . Am J Clin Nutr 29:645-649, 1976;.
Official Methods of Analysis , ed 12. Washington, DC, Association of Official Analytical Chemists, 1975;, pp 842-843.
 The estimation of vitamin B12, Analytical Methods Committee . Analyst 81:132-136, 1956;.
Wide L, Killander A:  A radiosorbent technique for the assay of serum vitamin B12 . Scand J Clin Lab Invest 27:151-159, 1971;.
Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin B12 in Foods , Home Economics Research Report No. 36. Washington, DC, Agricultural Research Service, US Dept of Agriculture, 1969;.
Schindler B, Jager A:  Kein Einfluss von Vitamin C auf die Stabilitat von Vitamin B12 in zubereiteten Lebensmitteln . Ernahrungs-Umschau 23:342-344, 1976;.
Herbert V, Jacob E, Wong K-TJ:  Destruction of vitamin B12 by vitamin C . Am J Clin Nutr 30:299, 1977;.
Newmark HL, Scheiner J:  Destruction of vitamin B12 by vitamin C . Am J Clin Nutr 30:A297-299, 1977;.
Herbert V, Jacob E, Wong K-TJ, et al:  Low serum vitamin B12 levels in patients receiving ascorbic acid in megadoses: Studies concerning the effect of ascorbate on radioisotope vitamin B12 assay . Am J Clin Nutr 31:253-258, 1978;.
Marcus M, Prabhudesai M, Wassef S:  Stability of vitamin B12 in the presence of ascorbic acid in food and serum: Restoration by cyanide of apparent loss . Am J Clin Nutr , to be published.
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