Vitamin C (Vitamin C), utu aha Ascorbic acid (Ascorbic acid), molekụla usoro bụ C6H8O6, bụ a polyhydroxyl compound nwere 6 carbon atom, bụ a mmiri-soluble vitamin dị mkpa iji nọgide na-enwe nkịtị physiological ọrụ nke ahu na ndiiche metabolic. mmeghachi omume nke mkpụrụ ndụ.Ọdịdị nke vitamin C dị ọcha bụ kristal ọcha ma ọ bụ ntụ ntụ crystalline, nke na-adị mfe soluble na mmiri, ubé soluble na ethanol, insoluble na ether, benzene, griiz, wdg Vitamin C nwere acidic, mbenata, ngwa anya ọrụ na carbohydrate Njirimara, na nwere. hydroxylation, antioxidant, nkwalite mgbochi na detoxification mmetụta na ahụ mmadụ.Ụlọ ọrụ na-abụkarị site na usoro biosynthesis (fermentation) iji kwadebe vitamin C, a na-ejikarị vitamin C na mpaghara ahụike na nri nri.