A six carbon compound related to glucose. It is found naturally in citrus fruits and many vegetables. Ascorbic acid is an essential nutrient in human diets, and necessary to maintain connective tissue and bone. Its biologically active form, vitamin C, functions as a reducing agent and coenzyme in several metabolic pathways. Vitamin C is considered an antioxidant.
Vitamin C has been studied across 22 research domains including 🔬 Inflammation, 🧘 Stress & Anxiety, 🔬 Oncology, 🔥 Metabolic, 😴 Sleep. The primary research focus is 🔬 Inflammation with 68% of studies addressing this area.
The following compounds share molecular targets with Vitamin C, based on binding affinity data from BindingDB and ChEMBL. Sorted by shared target overlap.
This evidence profile for Vitamin C is generated deterministically from 503 PubMed-indexed studies. All data is corpus-verified with Merkle proofs. BiohacksAI does not provide medical advice. Always consult a healthcare professional before starting any supplement regimen.
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