has role is conjugate base of ascorbate water-soluble vitamin L-ascorbic acid L-ascorbate (2R)-2-[(1S)-1,2-dihydroxyethyl]-4-hydroxy-5-oxo-2,5-dihydrofuran-3-olate -1 175.024 175.11618 Ascorbate Beilstein:3549814 C6H7O6 CAS:299-36-5 CHEBI:13082 CHEBI:13861 CHEBI:38290 CIWBSHSKHKDKBQ-JLAZNSOCSA-M Gmelin:506552 InChI=1S/C6H8O6/c7-1-2(8)5-3(9)4(10)6(11)12-5/h2,5,7-10H,1H2/p-1/t2-,5+/m0/s1 KEGG:C00072 L-Ascorbate L-ascorbate L-ascorbate(1-) L-ascorbic acid, ion(1-) PMID:18450228 PMID:18678913 PMID:19162177 PMID:9506998 The L-enantiomer of ascorbate and conjugate base of L-ascorbic acid, arising from selective deprotonation of the 3-hydroxy group. Required for a range of essential metabolic reactions in all animals and plants. Vitamin C [H][C@@]1(OC(=O)C(O)=C1[O-])[C@@H](O)CO chebi_ontology human metabolite Daphnia magna metabolite