Ascorbic acid

Dr. Agus Exactly. If we were mice, we'd call it ascorbic acid too!

So in a mouse, it wouldn't be called vitamin C, it would just be called ascorbic acid.

So if we were mouse doctors, we would just call it, we would just call it ascorbic acid.

Treatment Treatment of hyperpigmentation may include hydroquinone, kojic acid, alpha hydroxy acids, azelaic acid, ascorbic acid, tretinoin (Retinol), topical glucocorticoids, and licorice extract.

It's a pretty cool molecule because the Vitamin C that you eat is called ascorbic acid, and in order to get it into cells, it has to be converted into another molecule called dehydroascorbic acid.

They have found that the body s first line of defense against hemoglobin oxidation is a process of reduction, in which molecules like uric acid or ascorbic acid (vitamin C) impede oxidation by reducing the iron to a less oxidizing species.