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Natura Montenegrina No 3, 2004 |
UDK 612.015.6(045)=111
SIGNIFICANCE,
CHARACTERISTICS AND DETERMINATION OF VITAMIN C
V. L. VUKAŠINOVIĆ-PEŠIĆ[1],
N. Z. BLAGOJEVIĆ[2]
Synopsis
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is
very widespread in nature: it can be found in fresh fruits and vegetables, it is
added to different food, and it also can be found in a large number of
pharmaceutical products. Because of its huge importance for normal function of
human beings it is necessary to continously intake it by food.
This
paper points to the significance and
characteristics of vitamin C and presents some new methods for its
determination.
Keywords: vitamin C, significance, characteristic,
determination
Sinopsis
ZNAČAJ,
OSOBINE I ODREĐIVANJE VITAMINA C
Vitamin C (askorbinska
kiselina) je jako rasprostranjen u prirodi: nalazi se u svježem voću
i povrću, dodaje se mnogim prehrambenim proizvodima, a nalazi se i u
velikom broju farmaceutskih proizvoda. Ima veliki značaj za normalno
funkcionisanje organizma čovjeka, pa ga je potrebno konstantno unositi
putem hrane.
Biće naveden značaj
i osobine vitamina C, kao i kratak pregled najnovijih metoda za određivanje
njegovog sadržaja u velikom broju različitih uzoraka.
Ključne
riječi: vitamin C, značaj, karakteristike, određivanje
1,2
Faculty
of Metallurgy and Technology, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b.,
Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro