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...unctions, such as the formation of healthy skin and the healing of wounds. Vitamin C also prevents scurvy. Ascorbic acid is readily oxidized and as such is us vitamin C; Ascorbinsäur (Deut.); vitamina C (Esp., Port.); acide ascorbique; vitam

A white crystalline compound that acts as a vitamin. Biotin is part of the B complex of vitamins. It influences fat metabolism vitamin H; vitamin B7; hexahydro-2-oxo-1H-thieno [3,4-d] imidazole-4-pentanoic acid; biotine

...ility to bind with and deactivate [[biotin|biotin]], which is an essential vitamin found in the [[egg%20yolk|egg yolk]]. When the egg is cooked, avidin loses

...ic|mastic]], [[sterol|sterols]], [[nondrying%20oil|nondrying oils]], and [[vitamin|vitamins]]. It reacts to form an adduct that fluoresces blue-white in [[ult

..., and cataracts in humans. UV-B, however, also induces the body to produce vitamin D which is essential for life.