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It was found that ascorbic acid and total vitamin C concentrations were considerably higher in biopsy specimens from oesophagus, body, antrum, duodenum, and rectum, compared with values in plasma or gastric juice. Plasma and mucosal concentrations were unaffected by the presence of chronic gastritis but gastric juice concentrations were substantially lower in patients with chronic gastritis than in patients with normal histological assessment (p &lt; 0.01). Patients receiving ascorbic acid supplements had higher ascorbic acid concentrations in plasma (p &lt; 0.001), gastric juice (p &lt; 0.001), and at all biopsy sites in the upper gastrointestinal tract (p &lt; 0.05). Gastric juice ascorbic acid and total vitamin C concentrations in gastritic patients, however, were still less after supplementation than in normal subjects (p &lt; 0.01). 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