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.
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Faculty of Nutrition and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
MUMC+, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Cairo university hospitals, Cairo, Egypt
Froedtert Hospital & the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
HonorHealth Research Institute, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center, San Diego, California, United States
Hospital Español, Mexico City, Mexico
New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Clifford Hospital, Guangzhou, China
Piedmont Cancer Institute, Newnan, Georgia, United States
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