Watch Vitamin C: Why is it so important for your life?

Also known as ascorbic acid, Vitamin C is a low molecular weight carbohydrate that has aene-diol structure and is soluble in water. Except for guinea pigs, birds, fish, certain species of bat and higher order primates such as humans, apes and monkeys it can be synthesized by all species. This is why all these species depend on their diet to intake Vitamin C.