Question

Ascorbic Acid is another name for vitamin
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : C

CONCEPT:

• Ascorbic Acid: Ascorbic acid is a natural water-soluble vitamin. 
• It acts as an antioxidant.
• It is helpful for important metabolic functions like fighting bacterial infections, detoxifying reactions, and in the formation of collagen in fibrous tissue, teeth, bones, connective tissue, skin, and capillaries.
• Ascorbic Acid is commonly known as Vitamin C.
• It is found in citric fruits like oranges and in vegetables

EXPLANATION:

So, from the above concepts, we can say that Vitamin C is another name for ascorbic acid. 

The Correct option is Vitamin C

• The deficiency of vitamin C is known as Scurvy.
• Its symptoms include fatigue, depression, and connective tissue defects.

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• Vitamins are the essential nutrients that the body needs to function, grow and develop. 
• As the body does not produce vitamins itself, it must be acquired through food we eat or in some cases through supplements. 
• There are 13 vitamins - A, C, D, E, K, and B vitamins (thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, biotin, B6, B12, and folate), each of them have a different job.
• Vitamin A, D, E, K are Fat-Soluble vitamins and are stored in fat cells while vitamin B and C are Water-soluble vitamins.