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			Ascorbic Acid / Vitamin C Tweet Ascorbate Skin Care Products containing Bio-Available Vitamin C (56) Ascorbic acid (also known as Vitamin C) is a vitamin found particularly in citrus fruits and green vegetables. Ascorbic acid is essential in maintaining healthy connective tissue and capillaries and also acts as an antioxidant secondary to tocopherols (Vitamin E). See the skin care discussion for topical vitamin c. Severe deficiency causes scurvy. ORIGIN 1930s: from a- [without] + medieval Latin scorbutus ‘scurvy’ + -ic. 7 June 2008 Ascorbate Tweet Noun – derivative: ascorbic acid. 2 December 2006 Skin Care Products containing Bio-Available Vitamin C (56) Tweet Skin Care and Dermatological Glossary ATP About Trehalose Accutane (Isotretinoin) Acidic Actinic Alcohols Alkaline Alopecia Amino Acids Amphoteric Angiogenesis Angioma Antioxidants Aqueous Arc Arteriole Artery Ascorbic Acid / Vitamin C Atherogenic Atopic Benzene Bioavailability Bioflavonoid Biopsy Biotechnology Blackhead Cadaver Calcium Capillary Carboxyl Carcinogenicity Carcinoma Cartilage Catechins Cell Division Cellulitis Chromatography Cicatrix Citric Acid Citronellol Coccidioidomycosis Colitis Collagen Colourimetre Comedo/Comedone Compound Connective Tissue Contusion Corpus Luteum Cosmesis Cyst Cytochrome Cytotoxin Denature Dermatitis Dermis Diabetes Dibasic Acid Dietary Antioxidants Diploidy/Diploid Diuretic Eczema Edema/Oedema Elastase: The Unrestrained Thief of Skin Elasticity Elastin Electrolysis Electrophoresis Emollient Enantiomer Endothelium Environmental Stressors Enzymes Eosin Epidermal Necrosis Epidermis Epithelium Erythema Essential Fatty Acids Essential Oils Esters Eugenol Eukaryote/Eukaryotic Exanthem/Exanthema Extirpation Fatty Acids Ferulic Acid Fibroblast Flavonolignan Flora Folic Acid (Pteroylglutamic Acid/Vitamin M) Follicle Free Radical Fullerene Galapagos Tortoise Gamete Gene Genistein Genome Genomic DNA Genotoxin Glasswort Glucagon Glutamic Acid Glycation Glycerin Glycolic Acid Glycopeptide Glycoprotein Glycosaminoglycans Haploidy/Haploid Hematoxylin High Frequency Glass Electrode Beauty Devices Histology/Histologic Hives Hormone Humectant Hyaluronic Acid/Sodium Hyaluronate Hydrocarbon Hydrolysis Hydrophilic Hydrophobic Hydroxyl (OH) Hygroscopic Hypertrophic Scar Hypochlorous Acid Hypopigmentation Immunosuppression In Summary: Oxidation/Reduction and Tanning In Vitro In Vivo Insulin Interleukins Ischemia Islet Islets of Langerhans/Islands of Langerhans Isoprene Keloid Keratin Keratinocytes Kinase Lactic Acid Lactoferrin Lignin Limonene Lipids Lipophilic Lymphatic System MMPs (Matrix Metalloproteinases) Macromolecule Malic Acid Mandelic Acid Melanin Melanoma Membrane Membrane Mermaid Metabolism Metalloproteinases Metastatic Methionine Micellization Microtubule Mineral Molecular/Cellular Biology: Skin Functioning at the most Essential Level Molecule Moles (Blemishes)/Moles Per Litre Monomer Mucin Mucoproteins Myelin Nanotechnology Neurotoxin Nitrogen Nodule Nymph ORAC Occlusive Optic Otorhinolaryngology Oxygen Oxytalan Fibers/Fibres Ozone Palmitic Acid Papain Papillary Dermis Papule Pentacyclic Pentapeptides GM and GD Pentose Peptidases Peptides Perichondrium Peroxidase Peroxide Phenol Phlebitis Phospholipids Photosensitivity Phytostimulines Pigmentation Pimple Pledget Polymer Polymer/Polymeric Polypeptide Polyquaterium-51 Post-Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation Pro-Collagen Prodrug Proenzymes Prophylaxis Propionibacterium / P. Acnes Bacteria Proteases Protein Proteoglycans Proteolytic Enzymes Proteome Pruritus Psoriasis Pure/Purity Pustule Radiation Radical Redox Reductase Reperfusion Restenosis Reticular Dermis Retinol Rhinoplasty Rockfish Rosacea Saccharides Sebum Selenium (Definition) Selenosis Senescence Sentinel Skin Resurfacing by Laser Skin Structure Diagram Sodium PCA Squamous Stable/Stability Stenosis Stratum Corneum Subclinical Inflammation Subcutis Sulfur Surfactant Synovial Tannins Tartaric Acid Telomere Temporal Bones Thermoregulation / Thermoregulate Thymine Dimer Tocopherol Transferase Tribasic Acid Triterpenoid Tropoelastin Tubulin Ubiquinone – Co-Enzyme Q-10 Vascular Vascular Epithelial Growth Factor Vein Venule Vestibule Viscous Vitamin K Vitamin PP/Nicotinate Vitamins Whitehead Xerosis Zygoma Zygote pH Related Skin Care Information, Products and Expert Discussions Folic Acid (Pteroylglutamic Acid/Vitamin M) Retinol Cellulitis Proteoglycans Bioflavonoid Skin Care and Dermatological Glossary ATP About Trehalose Accutane (Isotretinoin) Acidic Actinic Alcohols Alkaline Alopecia Amino Acids Amphoteric Angiogenesis Angioma Antioxidants Aqueous Arc Arteriole Artery Ascorbic Acid / Vitamin C Atherogenic Atopic Benzene Bioavailability Bioflavonoid Biopsy Biotechnology Blackhead Cadaver Calcium Capillary Carboxyl Carcinogenicity Carcinoma Cartilage Catechins Cell Division Cellulitis Chromatography Cicatrix Citric Acid Citronellol Coccidioidomycosis Colitis Collagen Colourimetre Comedo/Comedone Compound Connective Tissue Contusion Corpus Luteum Cosmesis Cyst Cytochrome Cytotoxin Denature Dermatitis Dermis Diabetes Dibasic Acid Dietary Antioxidants Diploidy/Diploid Diuretic Eczema Edema/Oedema Elastase: The Unrestrained Thief of Skin Elasticity Elastin Electrolysis Electrophoresis Emollient Enantiomer Endothelium Environmental Stressors Enzymes Eosin Epidermal Necrosis Epidermis Epithelium Erythema Essential Fatty Acids Essential Oils Esters Eugenol Eukaryote/Eukaryotic Exanthem/Exanthema Extirpation Fatty Acids Ferulic Acid Fibroblast Flavonolignan Flora Folic Acid (Pteroylglutamic Acid/Vitamin M) Follicle Free Radical Fullerene Galapagos Tortoise Gamete Gene Genistein Genome Genomic DNA Genotoxin Glasswort Glucagon Glutamic Acid Glycation Glycerin Glycolic Acid Glycopeptide Glycoprotein Glycosaminoglycans Haploidy/Haploid Hematoxylin High Frequency Glass Electrode Beauty Devices Histology/Histologic Hives Hormone Humectant Hyaluronic Acid/Sodium Hyaluronate Hydrocarbon Hydrolysis Hydrophilic Hydrophobic Hydroxyl (OH) Hygroscopic Hypertrophic Scar Hypochlorous Acid Hypopigmentation Immunosuppression In Summary: Oxidation/Reduction and Tanning In Vitro In Vivo Insulin Interleukins Ischemia Islet Islets of Langerhans/Islands of Langerhans Isoprene Keloid Keratin Keratinocytes Kinase Lactic Acid Lactoferrin Lignin Limonene Lipids Lipophilic Lymphatic System MMPs (Matrix Metalloproteinases) Macromolecule Malic Acid Mandelic Acid Melanin Melanoma Membrane Membrane Mermaid Metabolism Metalloproteinases Metastatic Methionine Micellization Microtubule Mineral Molecular/Cellular Biology: Skin Functioning at the most Essential Level Molecule Moles (Blemishes)/Moles Per Litre Monomer Mucin Mucoproteins Myelin Nanotechnology Neurotoxin Nitrogen Nodule Nymph ORAC Occlusive Optic Otorhinolaryngology Oxygen Oxytalan Fibers/Fibres Ozone Palmitic Acid Papain Papillary Dermis Papule Pentacyclic Pentapeptides GM and GD Pentose Peptidases Peptides Perichondrium Peroxidase Peroxide Phenol Phlebitis Phospholipids Photosensitivity Phytostimulines Pigmentation Pimple Pledget Polymer Polymer/Polymeric Polypeptide Polyquaterium-51 Post-Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation Pro-Collagen Prodrug Proenzymes Prophylaxis Propionibacterium / P. Acnes Bacteria Proteases Protein Proteoglycans Proteolytic Enzymes Proteome Pruritus Psoriasis Pure/Purity Pustule Radiation Radical Redox Reductase Reperfusion Restenosis Reticular Dermis Retinol Rhinoplasty Rockfish Rosacea Saccharides Sebum Selenium (Definition) Selenosis Senescence Sentinel Skin Resurfacing by Laser Skin Structure Diagram Sodium PCA Squamous Stable/Stability Stenosis Stratum Corneum Subclinical Inflammation Subcutis Sulfur Surfactant Synovial Tannins Tartaric Acid Telomere Temporal Bones Thermoregulation / Thermoregulate Thymine Dimer Tocopherol Transferase Tribasic Acid Triterpenoid Tropoelastin Tubulin Ubiquinone – Co-Enzyme Q-10 Vascular Vascular Epithelial Growth Factor Vein Venule Vestibule Viscous Vitamin K Vitamin PP/Nicotinate Vitamins Whitehead Xerosis Zygoma Zygote pH  File Ascorbic Acid / Vitamin C for reference.		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