 Ascorbic Acid
"Ascorbic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
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D001205
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.241.081.844.107 D02.241.511.902.107 D09.811.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Ascorbic Acid- Ascorbic Acid
- Acid, Ascorbic
- L-Ascorbic Acid
- Acid, L-Ascorbic
- L Ascorbic Acid
- Vitamin C
Magnesium Ascorbate- Magnesium Ascorbate
- Ascorbate, Magnesium
- Magnesium di-L-Ascorbate
- Magnesium di L Ascorbate
- di-L-Ascorbate, Magnesium
- Magnesium Ascorbicum
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ascorbic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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Lee B, Chou WW, Chen HY, Mossad D, Hsu M, Bowman B, Patra K, Zhang H, Lay FY, Villamena FA, Xin G, Bruno RS, Levine M, Zhu J, Novais F, Lio CJ. SALSA: a novel flow cytometry assay to detect ascorbate at the single-cell level. Redox Biol. 2025 Oct; 86:103823.
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Strand R, Orlicky DJ, Chen Y. Gene-dose effect of the glutathione biosynthesis gene on ascorbate deficiency in mice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2025 06 20; 766:151900.
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Alvarez GV, Kang BY, Richmond AM, Hoss E, Sulewski R, Minkis K, Rozenberg SS, Antonovich D, Boucher A, Bernstein EF, Bertucci V, Chapas AM, Cohen JL, Council ML, Dover JS, Geronemus R, Given KML, Goldbach HS, Goldman MP, Hooper D, Kaufman J, Munavalli G, Pacheco TR, Rossi AM, Wilson S, Alam M. Skincare ingredients recommended by cosmetic dermatologists: A Delphi consensus study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2025 Dec; 93(6):1509-1525.
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Freeberg KA, McCarty NP, Chonchol M, Seals DR, Craighead DH. Oxidative stress suppresses internal carotid artery dilation to hypercapnia in healthy older adults. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2025 Feb 01; 138(2):536-545.
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Clasen JL, Yang J, Hakola L, Arohonka P, Lynch K, Parikh HM, Andrén Aronsson C, Uusitalo U, Norris JM, Virtanen SM, Erlund I. Patterns and Determinants of Micronutrient Dietary Biomarkers and Their Associations with Dietary Intakes in Young Children. J Nutr. 2024 Dec; 154(12):3749-3760.
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Paller CJ, Zahurak ML, Mandl A, Metri NA, Lalji A, Heath E, Kelly WK, Hoimes C, Barata P, Taksey J, Garrison DA, Patra K, Milne GL, Anders NM, Nauroth JM, Durham JN, Marshall CH, Markowski MC, Eisenberger MA, Antonarakis ES, Carducci MA, Denmeade SR, Levine M. High-Dose Intravenous Vitamin C Combined with Docetaxel in Men with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Phase II Trial. Cancer Res Commun. 2024 08 01; 4(8):2174-2182.
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Kishimoto S, Crooks DR, Yasunori O, Kota Y, Yamamoto K, Linehan WM, Levine M, Krishna MC, Brender JR. Pharmacologic ascorbate induces transient hypoxia sensitizing pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma to a hypoxia activated prodrug. Free Radic Biol Med. 2024 Sep; 222:579-587.
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Rivera Lemon EN, Lowe LE, Owens JE. SNaP-C: Validation of a novel, selective silver nanoparticle antioxidant capacity assay for Vitamin C content in beverages. Food Chem. 2024 Nov 01; 457:140112.
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Azizi Yeganeh M, Shahabi AA, Ebadi A, Abdossi V. Vermicompost as an alternative substrate to peat moss for strawberry (Fragaria ananassa) in soilles culture. BMC Plant Biol. 2024 Feb 28; 24(1):149.
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Gilley SP, Ta A, Pryor W, Roper B, Erickson M, Fenton LZ, Tchou MJ, Cotter JM, Moore JM. What Do We C in Children With Scurvy? A Case Series Focused on Musculoskeletal Symptoms. Hosp Pediatr. 2024 02 01; 14(2):e98-e103.
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