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 antioxidant.
    

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Vitamin C : recent aspects of its physiological and technological importance / edited by G.G. Birch and K.J. Parker.

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Vitamin C : some current problems / R. Elwyn Hughes.

Die Vitamine : 25 Jahre Vitamin - C - Synthese. Ein Vierteljahrhundert Vitamin - C - Forschung.

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Fluscorbin : Vitamin C + quinine massive dose : attack treatment of colds and influenza.

Vitamin C : recent aspects of its physiological and technological importance / edited by G.G. Birch and K.J. Parker.

Complan : no other food drink youcan sell is as compelte as Complan : the food that supplies every nutritional substance the body needs.

Vitamin C : some current problems / R. Elwyn Hughes.

Die Vitamine : 25 Jahre Vitamin - C - Synthese. Ein Vierteljahrhundert Vitamin - C - Forschung.