Vitamin C
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AHFS/Drugs.com | Multum Consumer Information |
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Routes o admeenistration | oral |
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Pharmacokinetic data | |
Bioavailability | rapid & complete |
Protein bindin | negligible |
Biological hauf-life | varies accordin tae plasma concentration |
Excretion | renal |
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Synonyms | L-ascorbic acid |
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E nummer | E300 (antioxidants, ...) |
ECHA InfoCard | 100.000.061 |
Chemical and physical data | |
Formula | C6H8O6 |
Molar mass | 176.12 g/mole |
3D model (Jmol) | |
Density | 1.694 g/cm3 |
Meltin pynt | 190 °C (374 °F) |
Bylin pynt | 553 °C (1,027 °F) |
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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.