subject: Know More About Vitamin C [print this page] The vitamin C is also called as L-ascorbic acid which is an important form of nutrient in humans working as vitamin. The vitamin C is required in large amount for metabolic reactions in animals and plants. It is a natural product emerged itself in every organisms along with mammals. Even vitamin C is also an essential for guinea pigs and many speices of birds and fish. If somebody lacks vitamin C in their diet then one is going to suffer from scurvy in human body. Consumers should have the information that vitamin C is used as food additive for commercial purposes.
Vitamin C aids in reducing oxidative stress and also act as a cofactor in many vital enzymatic reactions. Actually vitamin C is the pure form of L-enantiomer of ascorbate like other negative form of d-enantiomer contains no physiological significance in human body. Vitamin C also aids in improving the antioxidant capacity of humanblood. Mostly animals and plants has the ability of synthesizing vitamin C in their bodies. In this way enzyme aids in converting glucose into vitamin C. In many mammals the biosynthesis occurs in the kidney like reptiles and birds. This process of biosynthesis is an essential for the formation of vitamin C.
Consumers will find that adult goat is a good source of vitamin C in nature. leAnd the consumption of vitamin C taken from it aids in reduction of stress in the human body. Human being must consume proper dose of vitamin C as it will aid in the treatment while suffering from trauma and injury. In certain microorganism it is found that yeast called as Saccharomyces cerevisiae having the ability of synthesising vitamin C from common sugars. Scurvy which emerges due to the lack of vitamin C unables the collagen to function in the body. Scurvy shows its symptoms as liver spots on skin, spongy gums, with bleeding from mucous membranes. Person suffering from vitamin C appears pale, weak and depressed. So consumers should know that the human body contains a limited stock of vitamin C in the body as result has to take oral consumption of vitamin C to keep advance stock for the immunity of the body. Consumers can read booklets and visit on website for collecting information about vitamin C for balancing the consumption of vitamin C in the body and in guiding someone who highly need it.
