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.
VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
multiple medical German Practices of physicians and medical practitioners, Giessen, Hessen, Germany
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
CHU Rouen, Rouen, France
CH Saint-Quentin, Saint-Quentin, France
CHU Amiens, Amiens, France
Kasr Alainy medical school, Cairo, Egypt
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
"Nefrolab" Dialysis Center, Slatina, Romania
Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO, Aurora, Colorado, United States
CHU de Bordeaux, Hôpital Saint André, Bordeaux, France
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