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CHEBI:176783 - vitamin C
| ChEBI ID | CHEBI:176783 |
| ChEBI Name | vitamin C |
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| Definition | Any member of a group of vitamers that belong to the chemical structural class called butenolides that exhibit biological activity against vitamin C deficiency in animals. The vitamers include L-ascorbic acid and its salt, ionized and oxidized forms. |
| Secondary ChEBI ID | CHEBI:21241 |
| Last Modified | 26 July 2021 |
| Submitter | Adnan |
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| Roles Classification |
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| Biological Role: | water-soluble vitamin (role) Any vitamin that dissolves in water and readily absorbed into tissues for immediate use. Unlike the fat-soluble vitamins, they are not stored in the body and need to be replenished regularly in the diet and will rarely accumulate to toxic levels since they are quickly excreted from the body via urine. |
| ChEBI Ontology |
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| Outgoing Relation(s) |
| vitamin C (CHEBI:176783) has role water-soluble vitamin (role) (CHEBI:27314) |
| vitamin C (CHEBI:176783) is a butenolide (CHEBI:50523) |
| Incoming Relation(s) |
| L-ascorbate (CHEBI:38290) is a vitamin C (CHEBI:176783) |
| L-ascorbic acid (CHEBI:29073) is a vitamin C (CHEBI:176783) |
| L-dehydroascorbic acid (CHEBI:27956) is a vitamin C (CHEBI:176783) |
| L-dehydroascorbic acid hydrate (CHEBI:178008) is a vitamin C (CHEBI:176783) |
| sodium ascorbate (CHEBI:113451) is a vitamin C (CHEBI:176783) |
| Synonyms | Source |
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| vitamina C | ChEBI |
| Vitamin C | ChEBI |
| vitamin C vitamer | ChEBI |
| vitamin C vitamers | ChEBI |
| vitamine C | ChEBI |
| vitaminum C | ChEBI |
| Manual Xrefs | Databases |
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| Vitamin_C | Wikipedia |
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