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VITAMIN C
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy
Synonyms:
ascorbic acid; C; vitamin C
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("vitamin C" is a kind of...):
antioxidant (substance that inhibits oxidation or inhibits reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides)
water-soluble vitamin (any vitamin that is soluble in water)
Context examples:
Spinach is one of the most desirable leafy vegetables with high levels of beta-carotene (provitamin A), lutein, folate, vitamin C, calcium, iron, phosphorus, and potassium.
(World's First True Red Spinach Variety Released, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
According to the Texas A&M team, the solution to the problem involves exposing MXenes to a family of compounds best represented by a natural dietary supplement such as vitamin C. With these findings, shelf-stable MXenes become possible and engineering-grade MXene-based materials can become a practical reality.
(Vitamin C is key to protection of new nanomaterial, National Science Foundation)
Also called vitamin C.
(Ascorbic acid, NCI Dictionary)
Nutritional supplement drink (pediatric) contains vitamins and minerals such as vitamin A, vitamin C, D, E and K, calcium, iron, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, pantothenic acid, biotin, phosphorus, iodine, magnesium, zinc, selenium, copper, manganese, chromium, molybdenum, chloride and choline.
(Pediatric Nutritional Supplement Drink, NCI Thesaurus)
Nutritional supplement drink contains vitamin A, vitamin C, D, E and K, calcium, iron, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, pantothenic acid, biotin, phosphorus, iodine, magnesium, zinc, selenium, copper, manganese, chromium, molybdenum, chloride and choline.
(Nutritional Supplement Drink, NCI Thesaurus)
Other ingredients in green tea extract-based antioxidant supplement include dry cinnamon extract, germanium, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, arginine, cysteine, malic acid, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), glycyrrhizinic acid, glycine, glucosamine, pyridoxal (vitamin B6), calcium pantothenate (vitamin B5), folic acid, cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12).
(Green Tea Extract-based Antioxidant Supplement, NCI Thesaurus)
It is too soon to consider vitamin C as a potential supplement for mothers.
(Heart disease risk begins in the womb, University of Cambridge)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine microbiologist William Jacobs and colleagues previously discovered by accident that antioxidants like vitamin C stopped TB bacteria in a test tube from becoming persisters.
(Vitamin C Might Shorten Tuberculosis Treatment Time, Study Indicates, VOA/Steve Baragona)
The systematic review of existing data and single randomized control trials published in English from January 2012 to October 2017 found that multivitamins, vitamin D, calcium and vitamin C — the most common supplements — showed no advantage or added risk in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, heart attack, stroke or premature death.
(Most Popular Supplements Provide No Health Benefit, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
It turns out that vitamin C is a comparatively weak antioxidant, and while the Cambridge study provides a proof-of-principle, future work will focus on identifying alternative antioxidant therapies that could prove more effective in human clinical practice.
(Heart disease risk begins in the womb, University of Cambridge)
