subject: Importance Of Vitamin C In Human Life [print this page] Consumers should know that the vitamin C is also known as L-ascorbic acid which is an important form of nutrient working as vitamin in the human body. Also users should provide vitamin C in large proportion of metabolic reactions in animals and plants. It is a known fact that vitamin C is such a product which produced by every organisms. There are lots of sources of vitamin C such as fruits , vegetables, and other sources. If the consumer is suffering from deficiency of vitamin c then it is a known fact that the user will suffer from scurvy . Today lots of traders are using vitamin c as food additive for commercial purposes in many countries.
Also vitamin C helps in reducing oxidative stress found in many people as they are more prone to fast life. Also the vitamin C act as a cofactor in many vital enzymatic reactions in the human body. Today the L-enantiomer of ascorbate is the purest form of vitamin C found in the market. There are several negative forms of vitamin c such as d-enantiomer which do not show any physiological significance currently in the human body. Consumers must be aware of the fact that vitamin C supports in improving the antioxidant capacity of human blood level currently. Presently it is found that both animals and plants can synthesize vitamin C naturally. Also lots of enzyme helps in the conversion of glucose into vitamin C in the human body.
Several studies have revealed the fact the in nature the best source of vitaming c is adult goat. Also it is found that vitamin C had helped in the treatment of trauma and injury in several cases. It is found that micro organism known as yeast called Saccharomyces cerevisiae does the work of synthesising vitamin C from common sugars in the human body. Once the person is suffering from scurvy it doesn't allow the collagen to work in the body. Lots of people still today are not aware of the symptoms of scurvy like liver spots on skin, spongy gums, bleeding from mucous membranes etc. Also the person who is suffering from scurvy due to the shortage of vitamin c appears pale, weak and depressed. Today the consumption of vaired vitamin c sources have increased in the human circle after knowing its importance in human life.
