Vitamin C

Vitamin C

Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.com	Multum Consumer Information
Pregnancy category	A
Routes o admeenistration	oral
ATC code	A11G (WHO)
Legal status
Legal status	US: OTC general public availability
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability	rapid & complete
Protein bindin	negligible
Biological hauf-life	varies accordin tae plasma concentration
Excretion	renal
Identifiers
IUPAC name 2-Oxo-L-threo-hexono-1,4-lactone-2,3-enediol or (R)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-((S)- 1,2-dihydroxyethyl)furan-2(5H)-one
Synonyms	L-ascorbic acid
CAS Nummer	50-81-7 Y
PubChem CID	5785
DrugBank	DB00126 Y
ChemSpider	10189562 Y
UNII	PQ6CK8PD0R
KEGG	D00018 Y
ChEBI	CHEBI:29073 Y
ChEMBL	CHEMBL196 Y
NIAID ChemDB	002072
E nummer	E300 (antioxidants, ...)
ECHA InfoCard	100.000.061
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C6H8O6
Molar mass	176.12 g/mole
3D model (Jmol)	Interactive eemage
Density	1.694 g/cm3
Meltin pynt	190 °C (374 °F)
Bylin pynt	553 °C (1,027 °F)
SMILES C([C@@H]([C@@H]1C(=C(C(=O)O1)O)O)O)O
InChI InChI=1S/C6H8O6/c7-1-2(8)5-3(9)4(10)6(11)12-5/h2,5,7-10H,1H2/t2-,5+/m0/s1 Y Key:CIWBSHSKHKDKBQ-JLAZNSOCSA-N Y
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Vitamin C or L-ascorbic acid, or simply ascorbate (the anion o ascorbic acid), is an essential nutrient for humans an certain ither ainimal species. Vitamin C refers tae a nummer o vitamers that hae vitamin C activity in ainimals, includin ascorbic acid an its sauts, an some oxidized forms o the molecule lik dehydroascorbic acid. Ascorbate an ascorbic acid are baith naiturally present in the body when either o these is introduced intae cells, syne the forms interconvert accordin tae pH.