Importance of vitamin c
Posted by lordinewellom in November 12, 2009
vitamin c is known as L-ascorbic acid which is important form of nutrients in human body operating as vitamin.vitamin C is required in large amount for metabolic reactions in both animals and plants.It is a natural product itself in each organisms and mammals.And vitamin C is also important for guinea pigs and many other speices of birds and fish.If somebody is suffering from vitamin C deficiency then going to have scurvy in the person.Consumers should know that vitamin C is used as food additive for commercial purposes in the market.
Vitamin C helps in reduction of oxidative stress and acting as a cofactor in many vital enzymatic reactions.In this way vitamin C is infact the pure form of L-enantiomer of ascorbate as many other negative form of d-enantiomer containing no physiological significance in human system. Vitamin C improves the antioxidant capacity of humanblood.Mostly animals and plants have the capacity of synthesizing vitamin C in their body.So this leads the enzyme helping in conversion of glucose into vitamin C.One will also find in several mammals the biosynthesis happens in the kidney like reptiles and birds.This process of biosynthesis leads to formation of vitamin C.
The best soruce of vitamins c is adult goat for the human being.The consumption of vitamin C reduces stress.Human being should have proper dose of vitamin C as it might lead in the treatment of trauma and injury.In most of the microorganism yeast called as Saccharomyces cerevisiae has the capacity of synthesising vitamin C from common sugars.Scurvy results as deficiency of vitamin c doesnot allow the collagen to properly function in the body.Scurvy shows its sympotms like liver spots on skin, spongy gums, along with bleeding from mucous membranes etc.Person suffering from scurvy looks pale, weak and depressed.To maintain the level of vitamin c in the body as our body contains limited stock one shoud intake oral vitamin c for maintaing the healt h providing immunity to the body system.So those people who have the need and don’t know the usages of vitamin c should collect more information about it to get benefitted .
