Here we report the radiosynthesis of an endogenous redox pair, [11C]ascorbic acid ([11C]VitC) and [11C]dehydroascorbic acid ([11C]DHA), the reduced and oxidized forms of vitamin C, and their application to ROS sensing. These results provide the basis for in vivo detection of ROS using positron emission tomography (PET).
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