ASCORBIC ACID
Introduction
Vitamin C, also known as L-ascorbic acid, is a high-level Essential nutrients for long animals and a few other organisms. Ascorbic acid can be produced by metabolism in most organisms, but humans are the most obvious exceptions. The most widely known thing is that lack of vitamin C in Chemicalbook can cause scurvy. The pharmacokidic group of vitamin C is ascorbic acid ion. In the body, vitamin C is an antioxidant because it can protect the body from the threat of oxidising agents, and vitamin C is also a coenzyme.
Physicochemical properties
Vitamin C is easily soluble in water, slightly soluble in ethanol, insoluble in ether, chloroform, benzene, Petroleum ether, oil, fat. The aqueous solution shows an acid reaction. It can be quickly oxidised into dehydroascortic acid in the air, with a citric acid-like sour smell. It is a strong reducing agent, and after long storage, it gradually turns into different degrees of light chemical book yellow. This product is found in all kinds of fresh vegetables and fruits. This product plays an important role in biological oxidation and reduction and cell respiration, which is conducive to nucleic acid synthesis and promotes the generation of red blood cells. It can also reduce Fe3+ to Fe2+, so that it is easy to be absorbed by the human body and beneficial to cell production.
USE
Vitamin C participates in the production of collagen in the body It has the effect of neutralising toxins and promoting the generation of antibodies, which can enhance the detoxification function of the body. In medicine, it is mainly used for the prevention or treatment of scurvity, as well as for dental caries, gum abscess, anaemia, growth and development stagnation and other diseases caused by insufficient ascorbic acid in Chemicalbook. In food processing, it is used as a vitamin enhancer for concentrated orange juice, juice crystals, candy, fruit jelly, fruit jam, etc.
