vitamin C

essential vitamin found mainly in fruits and vegetables

Top: ascorbic acid(reduced form)Bottom: dehydroascorbic acid(oxidized form)Vitamin C or L-ascorbate is an essential nutrient for higher primates, and a small number of other species. The presence of ascorbate is required for a range of essential metabolic reactions in all animals and in plants and is made internally by almost all organisms, humans being one notable exception. It is widely known as the vitamin whose deficiency causes scurvy in humans. It is also widely used as a food additive.
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Noun
1. a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy
(synonym) ascorbic acid
(hypernym) water-soluble vitamin

vitamin C, essential vitamin found mainly in fruits and vegetables, ascorbic acid

Ascorbic acid, important in the synthesis of collagen, the framework protein for tissues of the body. Deficiency leads to scurvy, characterized by fragile capillaries, poor wound healing, and bone deformity in children.