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Vitamin C is essential for collagen synthesis and tissue repair. It plays a critical role in oxidation–reduction reactions, synthesis of catecholamines, carnitine, and steroids, and facilitates the conversion of folic acid to folinic acid.
Vitamin C is indicated for the treatment and prevention of vitamin C deficiency and scurvy. It is widely used as supportive therapy in conditions such as infections, trauma, burns, cold exposure, postoperative recovery, fever, stress, and the common cold.
Additional uses include management of hematuria, dental caries, gum diseases, pyorrhea, acne, infertility, atherosclerosis, fractures, leg ulcers, hay fever, and prevention of vascular thrombosis. Vitamin C is also useful in methaemoglobinaemia, arsenic toxicity, levodopa toxicity, and in children receiving unfortified formulas.