The first in vivo detection of a vitamin with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is reported for mammalian liver. Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, was monitored noninvasively in rat liver by "whole body"13C NMR spectroscopy at high field after infusion of [1,2-13C2]glucose into anesthetized rats. Generally, the carbon resonances of ascorbic acid overlap with those of other highly abundant ...
