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Vitamin C or L-ascorbate is an essential nutrient for higher primates, and a small number of other species. The presence of ascorbate is required for a range of essential metabolic reactions in all animals and in plants and is made internally by almost all organisms. It is widely known as the vitamin that prevents scurvy in humans.[1][2][3]

The pharmacophore of vitamin C is the ascorbate ion. In living organisms, ascorbate is an antioxidant, as it protects the body against oxidative stress,[4] and a cofactor in several vital enzymatic reactions.[5]

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Chinese (Chinese) 维生素C
Japanese (Japanese) ビタミンC
German (German) Ascorbinsäure
Spanish (Spanish) Vitamina C
French (French) Vitamine C
Italian (Italian) Acido ascorbico

Ewan Cameron

There are two doctors called Ewan Cameron : Ewan Cameron (Vitamin C) Ewan Cameron (MKULTRA...

Colleen Fitzpatrick

Colleen Fitzpatrick (born July 20, 1972) is a Pop music artist, better known by her stage name, Vitamin C...

Ewan Cameron (Vitamin C)

Ewan Cameron was a medical doctor, born in Glasgow, Scotland, on July 31, 1922.[1] He worked with Linus Pauling on Vitamin C research...

Jelly tots

, Flavouring, Vitamin C, Colours ( E124, E 110, E 133, E 160(a)), Antioxidant ( E320). Nutrition Information... ; Fat - Nil; of which saturates - Nil ; Fibre - Nil; Sodium - 0.1g; Vitamin C - 23mg : Per 50g...

Tadeus Reichstein

of Sir Norman Haworth and his collaborators in Britain, in synthesising vitamin C (ascorbic acid). Together with E. C. Kendall and P. S. Hench, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology and... of Vitamin C still bears his name...

Heart Protection Study

The Heart Protection Study is a large randomized controlled trial by the Medical Research Council (MRC) in the United Kingdom. It studies the use of statin (simvastatin 40 mg) medication and vitamin supplementation (vitamin E, vitamin C and beta carotene) in patients that are at risk for...

International unit

International unit (IU) is a unit of measurement in pharmacology. It is based on measured biological activities. The equivalents of 1 IU for some vitamins: Vitamin A 0.300 micrograms Vitamin C 50 micrograms Vitamin D 0.025 micrograms Vitamin E 1 milligramm Alternitive abbrevation for...

Sorbose

Fischer projection of L-sorbose Sorbose is a ketose belonging to the group of sugars known as monosaccharides. The commercial production of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) often begins with sorbose . Structure The second -OH group points in the opposite direction from the first and third OH groups. L...

Ascorbic acid

Ascorbic acid is an organic acid and antioxidant also known as vitamin C. In 1937 the Nobel Prize... ascorbic acid. See the Vitamin C article for a discussion of social, historical and medical aspects... enantiomer of ascorbic acid is also known as vitamin C (the name "ascorbic" comes from its property...

Albert Szent-Györgyi

of Szeged as a source of vitamin C (the L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid) and noted its anti-scorbutic... connection with the biological combustion process with special reference to vitamin C & the catalysis...

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