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Other chemicals where inventories are tight include ascorbic acid found in Vitamin C, ammonium bicarbonate used to make baking/cleaning products, and sodium thiocyanate, a critical chemical for concrete used in construction.—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 12 May 2025 In skin care products, topical vitamin C comes in two forms: as pure ascorbic acid or in its ester form, explains Dr. Zeichner.—Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2025 Ascorbic acid, which is the form of vitamin C most often found in supplements, has been found to have the same bioavailability as the ascorbic acid naturally found in fruits and vegetables.5
There is reason to believe that Emergen-C may be beneficial for treating and preventing the common cold.—Brittany Lubeck, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2025 In this Obagi cream, the namesake ingredient is paired with another all-star brightener— ascorbic acid.—Allure Editors, Allure, 1 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ascorbic acid
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International Scientific Vocabulary a- + New Latin scorbutus scurvy — more at scorbutic
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