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.
Kavaklidere Umut Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States
BIO-IMAGES Research Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
AUBMC, Beirut, Lebanon
Clinical Hospital of Medicine College of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Fars, Iran, Islamic Republic of
University General Hospital Attikon, Athens, Greece
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