Patented ph natural vitamin c high potency in most animals the water soluble nutrient ascorbic acid is synthesised from glucose in humans a genetic lesion prevents us from making it and diet is the sole source of this vitamin as a cofactor for many enzyme systems ascorbic acid is involved in the synthesis of collagen carnitine endocrine hormones and neurotransmitters many of the symptoms of the vitamin c deficiency disease scurvy can be attributed to weakened collagen structures