Importance of Vitamin c

Vitamin C is involved in redox processes in the organisms. It is possible, that vitamin C exerts its physiological function as a redox  substance in combination with an enzyme group. Vitamin C affects the formation of the mesenchymal tissues, bones, cartilage and teeth. Vitamin C is implicated in the metabolism of aromatic amino acids. Also vitamin C promotes the conversion of folic acid into its active form, the citrovorum factor. While most animals are capable of synthesizing ascorbic acid themselves, man, monkeys and guinea pigs depend on the supply of ascorbic acid with their food.