Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) like all vitamins are necessary for growth and health and is in small amounts in various fruits and vegetables. It is included in the implementation of many body functions, including absorption of carbohydrates, fats and proteins in wound healing, strengthening blood vessel walls. The human body can not synthesize vitamin C and therefore it has to supply it with food outside the body. Ascorbic acid participates in many biochemical reactions in the body, mainly oxidation. It is necessary for tissue respiration. On the tissue level much of the role of ascorbic acid is associated with the formation of collagen, matrix of teeth and bones, intracellular layer of capillaries. It takes part in the clotting process, includes a very basic metabolic processes, including synthesis of vitamin B12. Vitamin C stimulates the synthesis of specific antitoxin, raises a number of factors, which are relevant to immune processes.
Therapeutic function:
– Vitamin C is essential in prevention and treatment of viral infections. It increases the body’s resistance to stress, fatigue and physical activity.
Nutritional supplement
Active substances: Vitamin C
Pharmaceutical form: 500 mg x 20 effervescent tablets
