Vitamine C (aside ascorbic) CAS: 50-81-7

Vitamine C izwi cyane kubera uruhare rwayo mu gushyigikira ubudahangarwa bw'umubiri no kurwanya ibicurane n'indwara zisanzwe. Igira kandi uruhare runini mu gukora kolajeni, ari ingenzi ku buzima bw'ingingo, uruhu n'amagufwa. Nk'intungamubiri irwanya ogisijeni, Vitamine C ifasha kurinda uturemangingo kwangirika guterwa na radicals yigenga kandi igashyigikira uburyo karemano bw'umubiri bwo kwirinda. Byongeye kandi, Vitamine C yongera uburyo icyuma gituruka ku bimera cyinjizwamo, bigatuma kiba intungamubiri y'ingenzi ku bantu bakurikira indyo y'ibikomoka ku bimera cyangwa iy'abarya inyama. Byongeye kandi, Vitamine C igira uruhare mu gukora neurotransmitters na carnitine, molekile y'ingenzi mu gutwara aside irike muri mitochondria kugira ngo ikore ingufu. Ubushakashatsi bumwe bwerekana ko Vitamine C ishobora kugira uruhare mu kugabanya ibyago byo kurwara indwara zidakira nk'indwara z'umutima n'ubwoko bumwe na bumwe bwa kanseri. Byongeye kandi, ikoreshwa nk'inyongera mu gushyigikira ubuzima bw'uruhu muri rusange no gufasha mu gukira kw'ibikomere. Muri rusange, Vitamine C ni intungamubiri ifite imikorere myinshi mu mubiri, kandi kugumana urugero ruhagije ni ingenzi ku buzima n'imibereho myiza muri rusange.