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  2. Vitamin C - Wikipedia

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    Key:CIWBSHSKHKDKBQ-JLAZNSOCSA-N Y. (verify) Vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid and ascorbate) is a water-soluble vitamin found in citrus and other fruits, berries and vegetables. It is also a generic prescription medication and in some countries is sold as a non-prescription dietary supplement. As a therapy, it is used to prevent and treat ...

  3. List of antioxidants in food - Wikipedia

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    Carrots, squash, broccoli, sweet potatoes, tomatoes (which gain their color from the compound lycopene), kale, mangoes, oranges, seabuckthorn berries, wolfberries (goji), collards, cantaloupe, peaches and apricots are particularly rich sources of beta-carotene, the major provitamin A carotenoid. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is a water- soluble ...

  4. Antioxidant - Wikipedia

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    [35] [94] While ascorbic acid is effective antioxidant, it can also oxidatively change the flavor and color of food. With the presence of transition metals, there are low concentrations of ascorbic acid that can act as a radical scavenger in the Fenton reaction. [93] 2 Fe 3+ + Ascorbate → 2 Fe 2+ + Dehydroascorbate 2 Fe 2+ + 2 H 2 O 2 → 2 ...

  5. Chemistry of ascorbic acid - Wikipedia

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    Ascorbic acid is an organic compound with formula C. 6H. 8O. 6, originally called hexuronic acid. It is a white solid, but impure samples can appear yellowish. It dissolves freely in water to give mildly acidic solutions. It is a mild reducing agent.

  6. International Numbering System for Food Additives - Wikipedia

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    The International Numbering System for Food Additives (INS) is an international naming system for food additives, aimed at providing a short designation of what may be a lengthy actual name. [1] It is defined by Codex Alimentarius, the international food standards organisation of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture ...

  7. Vitamin - Wikipedia

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    Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) Citrus, most fresh foods 1920: Vitamin D (Calciferol) Cod liver oil 1920: Vitamin B 2 (Riboflavin) Meat, dairy products, eggs: 1922: Vitamin E (Tocopherol) Wheat germ oil, unrefined vegetable oils 1929: Vitamin K 1 (Phylloquinone) Leaf vegetables: 1931: Vitamin B 5 (Pantothenic acid) Meat, whole grains, in many foods ...