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The influence of orally administered ascorbic acid on the urinary pH of 10 healthy volunteers and 10 patients with infected urine was investigated. During a four-day period of investigation urinary pH and the concentration of ascorbic acid in the respective urines were measured five times a day. On the second and third day three times a dose of 2 g ascorbic acid was given, while the diet was under control all four days. A correlation between pH decrease and ascorbic acid concentration is only observed if the concentration of the latter is higher than 200 mg%. The mean decrease in urinary pH between days with ascorbic acid supply and days without is -0,16 pH units for the volunteers respectively -0,18 pH units for the patients. Therefore, vitamin C can not be recommended to lower the pH of alkaline urines.
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