Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)

Products Description:

Characteristics: Colorless crystals or a white or almost white, crystalline powder which discolors on exposure to air and moisture; Odorless or almost odorless and tasted sour; Easily soluble in water and a few partial soluble in ethanol; Insoluble in ether and chloroform. 
 

Using: Ascorbic acid is added to many foods for its nutritive value, but is also used extensively as an anti-oxidant, to prevent flavors and colors from being damaged by oxidation. It is often used in canned or frozen fruits to prevent the browning that accompanies oxidation. 
 

Function: Involvement in various inner body metabolisms, lowering of the capillary vessel brittleness, enhancement of physical resistibility, protection against scurvy, function to aid the cure for acute & chronic contagious diseases and purpura.