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What is vitamin C?

What is vitamin C? Here are some definitions.

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  1. The L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid, a water-soluble nutrient essential for life, synthesized by most animals and plants but not humans, although used in our bodies for many purposes. It is plentiful in citrous fruits and many vegetables, and a deficiency causes scurvy.
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Have been necking vitamin C, zinc, garlic pills, gelsemium, aconite and lucozade in attempt to get rid of it.
They claim that the modified atmosphere packaging process damages vitamin C and antioxidants in lettuce leaves.
Foods rich in vitamin C include citrus fruits, tomatoes, red peppers and broccoli.
Significant increases in vitamin C in lens, aqueous humor, and plasma were noted.
His suggestion that they drink lime or lemon juice, which is high in vitamin C, helped overcome the problem.
Besides being a superb antioxidant itself, ALA recycles worn-out vitamin C, vitamin E and glutathione, and makes them useful again.

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