Synonyms: vitamin C
Compound class:
Metabolite
Comment: Used as a nutritional supplement to treat vitamin C deficiency (scurvy) and to help promote wound and bone healing.
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1. Tsukaguchi H, Tokui T, Mackenzie B, Berger UV, Chen XZ, Wang Y, Brubaker RF, Hediger MA. (1999)
A family of mammalian Na+-dependent L-ascorbic acid transporters. Nature, 399 (6731): 70-5. [PMID:10331392] |