vitamin C

Any member of a group of vitamers that belong to the chemical structural class called butenolides that exhibit biological activity against vitamin C deficiency in animals. The vitamers include L-ascorbic acid and its salt, ionized and oxidized forms.

ChEBI ID: 176783

Members (2)

Member	Definition	Role
ascorbic acid	The L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid and conjugate acid of L-ascorbate.	L-ascorbic acid
dehydroascorbic acid	Dehydroascorbic acid having the L-configuration.	L-dehydroascorbic acid

Research

Studies (42,142)

Timeframe	Studies, Drugs in This Class (%)	All Drugs %
pre-1990	15,568 (36.94)	18.7374
1990's	5,656 (13.42)	18.2507
2000's	8,762 (20.79)	29.6817
2010's	8,988 (21.33)	24.3611
2020's	3,168 (7.52)	2.80

Study Types

Publication Type	Studies, Drugs in This Class (%)	All Drugs (%)
Trials	2,511 (5.41%)	5.53%
Reviews	2,745 (5.91%)	6.00%
Case Studies	805 (1.73%)	4.05%
Observational	50 (0.11%)	0.25%
Other	40,302 (86.83%)	84.16%