Skin tasks: vitamin C in cosmetology
The whole truth about vitamin C
Mankind has been familiar with ascorbic acid for almost a century. But even now, one thing remains important for us: a person does not have the ability to synthesize vitamin C, so obtaining it from the outside is a necessary condition for a full, healthy and beautiful life.
Ascorbic acid (AC) is a widely known biologically active Ascorbic acid (AC) is a widely known biologically active compound with many useful properties, which is synthesized by plants from galactose and by many animal species, except for primates, from glucose.compound with many useful properties, which is synthesized by plants from galactose and by many animal species, except for primates, from glucose.
Last but not least, vitamin C plays a role in the conversion of cholesterol into bile acids, converting divalent iron into trivalent iron and contributing to the proper functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.
Vitamin C in lower, and later in higher animals, activated all dynamic life processes, because only in its presence is the amino acid carnitine synthesized, which ensures the transport of fatty acids to the mitochondria, where they are oxidized, providing the cell with energy.
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