| abstract |
The present invention provides the use of Enzyme B of G. oxydans DSM 4025, as disclosed in EP 0 832 974 A2, in a process for producing L-ascorbic acid from L-gulose, L-galactose, L-idose or L-talose, or from L-gulono-1,4-lactone (and its acid form, L-gulonic acid) and from L-galactono-1,4-lactone (and its acid form, L-galactonic acid). |