A six carbon compound related to glucose. It is found naturally in citrus fruits and many vegetables. Ascorbic acid is an essential nutrient in human diets, and necessary to maintain connective tissue and bone. Its biologically active form, vitamin C, functions as a reducing agent and coenzyme in several metabolic pathways. Vitamin C is considered an antioxi...
Used to treat vitamin C deficiency, scurvy, delayed wound and bone healing, urine acidification, and in general as an antioxidant. It has also been suggested to be an effective antiviral agent.
Zhongda Hospital Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Craig Hospital, Englewood, Colorado, United States
The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China
Faculty of Medicine - Cairo University, Cairo, Manial, Egypt
Faculty of Dentistry cairo university, Cairo, Egypt
Cairo university, Cairo, Egypt
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Therapy University of Pecs, Pécs, Baranya, Hungary
Sunnybrook - Holland Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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