I[[In vitro|n vitro]] (laboratorieforsøg) og [[in vivo]] forskning fra 2013 at multiresistent og fuldkommen resistente ''[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis|Mycobacterium Tuberculosis]]'' [[in vitro]] og [[in vivo]] ikke kunne overleve den vitamin c forårsagede [[fenton-reaktion]]; efter fire uger var alle bakterier dræbt.<ref name="nature2013">{{cite web | url=https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2898 | last1=Vilchèze | first1=Catherine | last2=Hartman | first2=Travis | last3=Weinrick | first3=Brian | last4=Jacobs Jr | first4=William R. | title=''Mycobacterium Tuberculosis'' is extraordinarily sensitive to killing by a vitamin C-induced Fenton reaction | work=[[University of Iowa]] | publisher=Journal [[Nature]] | date=21-05-13 | access-date=2017-10-19 }}</ref><ref name="vitaminckillstbcells">{{cite web | url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/vitamin-c-kills-tb-cells-13-05-28/ | title=Vitamin C Kills TB Cells | publisher=[[Scientific American]] | date=2013-05-28 | access-date=2017-10-19 }}</ref> Forskerne opfordrer til yderligere studier i den potentielle anvendelse af C-vitamin som turbekulose behandling.<ref>[http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/35647/title/Vitamin-C-Slays-TB-Bacteria/Vitamin C Slays TB Bacteria (The Scientist 21-05-2013)]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alternativ.info/doc/nyheder/ny20130530_tuberkulose-c-vitamin.mv|title=Forunderlige C-vitamin slår til igen – kan angiveligt virke mod multiresistent TB (Alternativinfo 30-05-2013)|access-date=30. maj 2013|archive-date=26. marts 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326044220/http://www.alternativ.info/doc/nyheder/ny20130530_tuberkulose-c-vitamin.mv|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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