Which Fruit Has the Most Vitamin C?
In short: Humans cannot synthesize vitamin C and must obtain it from dietary sources, primarily fresh fruits and vegetables, with acerola being recognized as one of the world's richest natural sources.
A 1:07 short film in the series “What's Inside My Fruit?”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Baqai Medical University, “Baqai_J_Health_Sci_2011_14_2_33_40.pdf”; Linus Pauling Institute, “Vitamin C | Linus Pauling Institute”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Vitamin C physiology: the known and the unknown and Goldilocks”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / MDPI, “Effect of Alternative Preservation Steps and Storage on Vitamin C Stability in Fruit and Vegetable Products: Critical Review and Kinetic Modelling Approaches”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / MDPI, “Effects of Different Ripening Stages on the Content of the Mineral Elements and Vitamin C of the Fruit Extracts of Solanum Species: S. melanocerasum, S. nigrum, S. villosum, and S. retroflexum”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / MDPI, “Metabolism and Regulation of Ascorbic Acid in Fruits”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / Journal of Food Science and Technology, “Acerola, an untapped functional superfruit: a review on latest frontiers”; ScienceDirect, “Malpighia emarginata - an overview”.
Sources used in this film
- Baqai Medical University — Baqai_J_Health_Sci_2011_14_2_33_40.pdf · View →
- Linus Pauling Institute — Vitamin C | Linus Pauling Institute · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Vitamin C physiology: the known and the unknown and Goldilocks · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / MDPI — Effect of Alternative Preservation Steps and Storage on Vitamin C Stability in Fruit and Vegetable Products: Critical Review and Kinetic Modelling Approaches · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / MDPI — Effects of Different Ripening Stages on the Content of the Mineral Elements and Vitamin C of the Fruit Extracts of Solanum Species: S. melanocerasum, S. nigrum, S. villosum, and S. retroflexum · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / MDPI — Metabolism and Regulation of Ascorbic Acid in Fruits · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / Journal of Food Science and Technology — Acerola, an untapped functional superfruit: a review on latest frontiers · View →
- ScienceDirect — Malpighia emarginata - an overview · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Baqai Medical University: Baqai_J_Health_Sci_2011_14_2_33_40.pdf
- Also: Linus Pauling Institute: Vitamin C | Linus Pauling Institute
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Vitamin C physiology: the known and the unknown and Goldilocks
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / MDPI: Effect of Alternative Preservation Steps and Storage on Vitamin C Stability in Fruit and Vegetable Products: Critical Review and Kinetic Modelling Approaches
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / MDPI: Effects of Different Ripening Stages on the Content of the Mineral Elements and Vitamin C of the Fruit Extracts of Solanum Species: S. melanocerasum, S. nigrum, S. villosum, and S. retroflexum
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / MDPI: Metabolism and Regulation of Ascorbic Acid in Fruits
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / Journal of Food Science and Technology: Acerola, an untapped functional superfruit: a review on latest frontiers
- Also: ScienceDirect: Malpighia emarginata - an overview
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