Sailors disease
How vitamin C act within the body? State the harm which is caused due to the insufficiency of vitamin C? Why this deficiency also called as “sailors' disease”?
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Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, participates in the metabolism of collagen and it is primary for the integrity of blood capillaries. Scurvy is the disease which is caused by the lack of vitamin C. It is characterized by tissue lesions in skin, nose, lips, and joints. Scurvy, or scorbutus, also called as sailors' disease as in maritime voyages of past it was not common in order to get on board food which contains vitamin C, such as citric fruits. Therefore, the sailors became ill with scurvy.
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