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Ascorbic acid, when fed to chicks receiving various purified rations consistently stimulates the growth rate to a small but definite extent. The exact mechanism of action is unknown at present. The relationship of growth effects obtained with ascorbic acid to those obtained with p-amino-benzoic acid is compared and discussed.
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