vitamin c
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- For other uses, see Vitamin C (disambiguation). Vitamin C or L-ascorbic acid, or simply ascorbate (the anion of ascorbic acid), is an essential
- Vitamin C is a cofactor in at least eight enzymatric reactions, including several collagen synthesis reactions that, when dysfunctional, cause the most severe symptoms of scvury. In animals, these reactions are especially important in wound-healing and in preventing bleeding from capillaries. Ascorbate may also act as an antioxidant against oxidtive stress. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C
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Vitamin C refers to a number of vitaminer that have vitamin C activity in animals, including ascorbic acid and its salts, and some oxidized forms of the molecule like dehydroascoric acid. Ascorbate and ascorbic acid are both naturally present in the body when either of these is introduced into cells, since the forms interconvert according to ph. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C