Study Set Content:
Caffeine
is an essential food for human beings
Ascorbic acid
Ascorbic acid or
Vitamin C
Ascorbic acid is an essential food for human beings. People who receive no ascorbic acid (vitamin C) become sick and die.” –
Pauling
Ascorbic Acid Source mainly found in
fruits and vegetables
is produced only in non-humans as primate species, guinea pigs, fishes, and birds.
Vitamin C
Although most of the animals have the ability to synthesis their needs of vitamin C, humans suffer from mutation in the DNA coding of (blank) which is the main enzyme responsible for ascorbic acid synthesis.
gulonolactone oxidase
Due to this mutation, the external supplement of vitamin C becomes a must
For tissue growth and wound healing.
• It helps in the formation of neurotransmitters and increases the absorption of iron in the gut.
• Being an antioxidant, it protects the body from the harmful effects of free radicals and pollutants.
it protects the body from the harmful effects of free radicals and pollutants.
antioxidant
ascorbic acid
