Definition of ascorbic acid in English:
ascorbic acid
nounəˌskɔːbɪk ˈasɪdəˌskɔrbɪk ˈæsəd
mass nounA vitamin found particularly in citrus fruits and green vegetables. It is essential in maintaining healthy connective tissue, and is also thought to act as an antioxidant. Severe deficiency causes scurvy.
A lactone; chemical formula: C₆H₈O₆
Also called vitamin C
Example sentencesExamples
- Such experiments have been described in the literature with various nutrients, including ascorbic acid.
- The antioxidant ascorbic acid plays an essential role in defending against oxidant attack in the airways.
- Citrus fruits, vinegar, and vitamins such as ascorbic acid or folic acid do not change the acidity of your stomach or your bloodstream.
- Most animals can synthesize this vitamin in the liver, where glucose is converted to ascorbic acid.
- However, unlike in animals, the biosynthesis of ascorbic acid in plants is only beginning to be unraveled.
Origin
1930s: from a-1 'without' + medieval Latin scorbutus 'scurvy' + -ic.
Definition of ascorbic acid in US English:
ascorbic acid
nounəˌskɔrbɪk ˈæsədəˌskôrbik ˈasəd
A vitamin found particularly in citrus fruits and green vegetables. It is essential in maintaining healthy connective tissue, and is also thought to act as an antioxidant. Severe deficiency causes scurvy.
A lactone; chemical formula: C₆H₈O₆
Also called vitamin C
Example sentencesExamples
- Most animals can synthesize this vitamin in the liver, where glucose is converted to ascorbic acid.
- Citrus fruits, vinegar, and vitamins such as ascorbic acid or folic acid do not change the acidity of your stomach or your bloodstream.
- Such experiments have been described in the literature with various nutrients, including ascorbic acid.
- However, unlike in animals, the biosynthesis of ascorbic acid in plants is only beginning to be unraveled.
- The antioxidant ascorbic acid plays an essential role in defending against oxidant attack in the airways.
Origin
1930s: from a- ‘without’ + medieval Latin scorbutus ‘scurvy’ + -ic.