Friday Fun Fact: Vitamin C

Article

Unlike humans, most mammals produce their own vitamin C. Our primate ancestors lost the ability to synthesize vitamin C more than 45 million years ago.

Photo © iStockphoto.com/© Igor Dutina

Photo © iStockphoto.com/© Igor Dutina

Unlike humans, most mammals produce their own vitamin C. Our primate ancestors lost the ability to synthesize vitamin C more than 45 million years ago.

 

 

 

© 2024 MJH Life Sciences

All rights reserved.