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.
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
University of Illinois Health, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
Chrisitana Care Health System-Christiana Hospital, Newark, Delaware, United States
Clifford Hospital, Guangzhou, China
Hakkı Ünlügenç, Adana, Turkey
Semmelweis University - 1st Departement of Internal Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
Hospital Universitario Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
Clinica Universitaria Odontològica de la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Valles, Barcelona, Spain
Hospital Odontològic de la Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Department of HBP Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's hospital, Seoul, Seocho-gu, Banopo-dong, Korea, Republic of
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