Ascorbic Acid NEW

Ascorbic Acid, also known as Vitamin C, is an essential nutrient for higher primates and a few other organisms. Ascorbic acid is metabolically produced in most organisms, but humans are the most notable exception. The most well-known is that vitamin C deficiency causes scurvy. The pharmacophore of vitamin C is the ascorbic acid ion. In the body, vitamin C is an antioxidant, because it can protect the body from the threat of oxidants, vitamin C is also a coenzyme.

Ascorbic Acid participates in the production of collagen in the body, neutralizes toxins, promotes the production of antibodies, and enhances the detoxification function of the body. In medicine, it is mainly used for the prevention or treatment of scurvy, and for dental caries, gum abscess, anemia, growth and development arrest and other diseases caused by insufficient ascorbic acid. In food processing, it is used as a vitamin fortification agent for concentrated orange juice, fruit juice crystal, candy, jelly, fruit paste, etc.

Physiological function and effect:

1. Promote the biosynthesis of collagen. It is conducive to faster healing of tissue wound;

2. Promote the metabolism of tyrosine and tryptophan in amino acids and prolong the life of the body.

3. Improve the utilization of iron, calcium and folate.

4. improve the metabolism of fats and lipids, especially cholesterol, and prevent cardiovascular diseases.

5. promote the growth of teeth and bones, prevent gum bleeding.

6. enhance the body's anti-stress ability and immunity to the external environment. 

Indication:

1. Enhance the body's resistance, used to prevent and treat a variety of acute, chronic infectious diseases or other diseases.

2. It is used for the adjuvant treatment of post-disease recovery, wound healing and allergic diseases.

3. For the prevention and treatment of scurvy.

Pharmacological action:

It is involved in the formation of antibodies and collagen in the body, tissue repair (including certain reoxidation-reduction effects), metabolism of phenylalanine, tyrosine and folate, utilization of iron, carbohydrate, synthesis of fat and protein, as well as maintenance of immune function, hydroxylated serotonin, maintaining the integrity of blood vessels, and promoting the absorption of non-heme iron. Vitamin C is involved in a variety of reactions in the body, such as participating in REDOX processes, playing an important role in biological oxidation and reduction, and cellular respiration. At the tissue level, the main role of vitamin C is related to the synthesis of the intercellular substance. Including collagen, the matrix of teeth and bone, and the junction between capillary endothelial cells. Therefore, when vitamin C deficiency caused by scurvy, accompanied by collagen synthesis defects, manifested as trauma difficult to heal, tooth formation disorders and capillary damage caused by a large number of blood stasis points, blood stasis points fusion to form ecchymosis.