See Also: dehydroascorbic acid(medicine)
l-dehydroascorbic acid(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
magnesia(dictionary)
magnesia(dictionary)
magnesia(medicine)
calcined magnesia(medicine)
milk of magnesia(dictionary)
milk of magnesia(medicine)
Magnesia ad Sipylum(encyclopedia)

l-dehydroascorbic acid (medicine) and magnesia (medicine)


l-dehydroascorbic acid (medicine)


l-dehydroascorbic acid


The reversibly oxidised form of ascorbic acid; it is antiscorbutic, but is converted in the body to 2,3-diketo-l-gulonic acid, which has no vitamin C activity.


magnesia (medicine)


magnesia
<chemistry> A light earthy white substance, consisting of magnesium oxide, and obtained by heating magnesium hydrate or carbonate, or by burning magnesium. It has a slightly alkaline reaction, and is used in medicine as a mild antacid laxative. See Magnesium. Magnesia alba [L.

<medicine> A bulky white amorphous substance, consisting of a hydrous basic carbonate of magnesium, and used as a mild cathartic.

Origin: L. Magnesia, fem. Of Magnesius of the country Magnesia, Gr. A magnet. Cf. Magnet.

Source: Websters Dictionary