History of Vitamin C: From Conquering the "Marine Sinister" to the Nobel Prize
Bin LIU,Jinyue YANG,Xiaocong TIAN,Haifeng MA,Wei GAO.History of Vitamin C: From Conquering the "Marine Sinister" to the Nobel Prize[J].University Chemistry,2019,34(8):96-101.
National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education(Nanjing University), Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
Abstract:
This paper reviews the course of understanding vitamin C. From the "sea god" that sailors first encountered to the scurvy that caused the British Navy to suffer, understanding vitamin C is improved little by little. Until modern times, with the guidance of advanced theory and the rapid development of chemical research, human beings finally got to known vitamin C and conquered scurvy. This marks the arrival of a new era.
