Vitamin C

Nutrients

This is a water soluble vitamin.
Also known as ascorbic acid.

 

Function

• Maintaining health of:
• Cells
• Skin
• Blood vessels
• Bones
• Cartilage
• Facilitating wound healing

 

Deficiency

• Scurvy

 

Poisoning

• Vitamin C is a substance with very low toxicity.
• The LD50₅₀ is 11900 milligrams (11.9 grams) per kilogram in rat populations.
• There have been no reported cases of deaths from Vitamin C poisoning.