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Carbohydrates > Sugar Acids > Ascorbic Acid
Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Acyclic > Sugar Acids > Ascorbic Acid
Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Hydroxy Acids > Sugar Acids > Ascorbic Acid

Preferred term

Ascorbic Acid  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Acid, L-Ascorbic
  • L Ascorbic Acid
  • L-Ascorbic Acid
  • Vitamin C

Note

  • /defic = ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY or SCURVY

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • /therapeutic use was ASCORBIC ACID, THERAPEUTIC 1965

In other languages

  • C-vitamiini

    Finnish

  • Ascorbin
  • askorbiinihappo
  • Bio-C-vitamin
  • C-vimin
  • Cevi-tabs
  • Poremax-C
  • vitamiini C
  • C-vitamin

    Swedish

  • Askorbinsyra
  • Vitamin C

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001205

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