Vitamin C, also known as L-ascorbic acid, is an essential vitamin. Its role is wide-ranging, often including antioxidant effects, promote substance absorption, promote biosynthesis and so on.
1. Antioxidant effect: Vitamin C can scavenge oxygen free radicals and inhibit the action of ascorbic acid oxidizer, thus playing an antioxidant role in preventing scurvy.
2. Promote the absorption of substances: vitamin C can promote the absorption of calcium, iron, folic acid and other important substances in the body, the principle is that vitamin C can reduce them into the body’s easily absorbed chemical state.
3. Promote biosynthesis: Vitamin C has the role of promoting collagen biosynthesis, in the case of tissue damage, vitamin C supplementation can effectively promote wound healing.
Vitamin C is an essential vitamin for the human body, with a wide range of roles, reasonable supplementation of vitamin C is conducive to human health.