Vitamin C, wanda kuma aka sani daascorbic acid daascorbate, bitamin ne da ake samu a cikin abinci daban-daban kuma ana sayar da su azaman kari na abinci . Ana amfani da shi don rigakafi da kuma maganin scurvy .[1] Vitamin C shine muhimmin sinadari mai mahimmanci wanda ke da hannu wajen gyaran nama da kuma samar da enzymatic na wasu neurotransmitters .[1] Ana buƙatar don aiki na enzymes da yawa kuma yana da mahimmanci ga aikin tsarin rigakafi .[2] Hakanan yana aiki azaman antioxidant .
Akwai wasu shaidun cewa yin amfani da kari na yau da kullum na iya rage tsawon lokacinsanyi na kowa, amma ba ya bayyana don hana kamuwa da cuta.[3][4] Ba a sani ba ko kari zai shafi haɗarinciwon daji,cututtukan zuciya, kociwon hauka .[5][6] Ana iya ɗauka ta baki ko kuma ta hanyar allura.
Vitamin C gabaɗaya yana jurewa da kyau. Yawan allurai na iya haifar da rashin jin daɗi na ciki, ciwon kai, matsalar barci, da kuma fitar da fata.[1][3] Yawan allurai na yau da kullun suna da lafiya yayindaukar ciki . Cibiyar Magunguna ta Amurka ta ba da shawarar hana shan manyan allurai.
An gano Vitamin C a cikin 1912, wanda aka keɓe a cikin shekarar 1928, kuma a cikin shekarar 1933, shine bitamin na farko da aka samar da sinadarai . Yana cikin jerin Mahimman Magunguna na Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya .[3] Ana samun Vitamin C azaman magani na gama- gari mara tsada da kan-da-counter . A wani ɓangare don gano ta, Albert Szent-Györgyi da Walter Norman Haworth an ba sulambar yabo ta Nobel ta shekarar 1937 a cikin Ilimin Halitta da Magunguna da Chemistry, bi da bi.[7] Abincin da ke dauke da bitamin C sun hada da 'ya'yan itatuwa citrus, kiwifruit,guava, broccoli, Brussels sprouts,barkono barkono da strawberries . Tsawon ajiya ko dafa abinci na iya rage abun ciki na bitamin C a cikin abinci.[8]
↑1.01.11.2"Ascorbic Acid". The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.Archived from the original on December 30, 2016. RetrievedDecember 8, 2016.
↑"Vitamin C".Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium, and Carotenoids. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. 2000. pp. 95–185.ISBN978-0-309-06935-9.Archived from the original on September 2, 2017. RetrievedSeptember 1, 2017.
