Vitamin C, L-ascorbic acid PURE Food Grade GMO Free

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Vitamin C, Pure - 90g

Other names Ascorbic Acid, L-ascorbic acid, Ascorbate

Specification

CAS Number 50-81-7
EC Number  200-066-2
E number  E300
Chemical formula C6H8O6
Solubility in water 330g/l (20 °C)

Ascorbic acid, vitamin C, E300 (acidum ascorbicum) – organic compound belongs to a group of unsaturated polyols. It’s necessary to living organisms for functioning. It’s a vitamin therefore for humans and animals it needs to be delivered with food. E300 is also an antioxidant used as a food additive. Ascorbic acid naturally occurs as a compound with L configuration in the side chain and with D configuration in the furan formation. Under methanolic NaOH solution ascorbic acid goes through the process of epimerization to erythroboic acid (E315) which can be differentiated due to different side chain configuration. The L-ascorbic acid is sometimes mistakenly called ‘levorotatory vitamin C’ due to its relative configuration confused with optical rotation. In fact, L-ascorbic acid turns polarised light wave to the right. The D-ascorbic acid, on the other hand, is an antioxidant, but it has no biological function – it does not work as a cofactor, therefore it is not a vitamin.