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ascorbic_acid

ascorbic acid

English

Noun

ascorbic acid ‎(uncountable)

(chemistry) A white crystalline organic compound, C₆H₈O₆, found in citrus fruits and many vegetables; it is an antioxidant and an efficient scavenger of free radicals.

Synonyms

(C₆H₈O₆): E300 (as antioxidant), vitamin C, hexuronic acid

Translations

the white crystalline organic compound, C₆H₈O₆

Catalan: àcid ascòrbic m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 抗壞血酸 (zh), 抗坏血酸 (zh) ‎(kànghuàixuèsuān)
Danish: askorbinsyre c
Estonian: askorbiinhape
Finnish: askorbiinihappo
French: acide ascorbique (fr) m
German: Ascorbinsäure (de) f, Askorbinsäure (de) f
Hungarian: aszkorbinsav (hu)
Icelandic: askorbínsýra (is) f

Italian: acido ascorbico m
Polish: kwas askorbinowy (pl) m
Portuguese: ácido ascórbico (pt) m
Romanian: acid ascorbic (ro) m
Russian: аскорби́новая кислота́ (ru) f ‎(askorbínovaja kislotá)
Slovak: askorbová kyselina f
Slovene: askorbinska kislina f
Spanish: ácido ascórbico m
Swedish: askorbinsyra (sv) c
Ukrainian: аскорбінова кислота (uk) f ‎(askorbínova kislotá)

See also

scurvy