Acide ya Ascorbic ni vitamine ikabura amazi, mu buryo bwa shimi yitwa L - (+) -ubwoko bwa 2,3,4,5, 6-pentahydroxy-2-hexenoide-4-lactone, izwi kandi nka L-ascorbic, amata ya molekile C6H8O6 , uburemere bwa molekile 176.12.
Acide ya Ascorbic isanzwe ihindagurika, rimwe na rimwe inshinge zimeze nka monoclinic kristal, impumuro nziza, uburyohe busharira, gushonga mumazi, hamwe no kugabanuka gukomeye.Kugira uruhare muburyo bukomeye bwo guhinduranya umubiri, birashobora guteza imbere gukura no kongera imbaraga mu kurwanya indwara, birashobora gukoreshwa nk'inyongera y'imirire, antioxydeant, birashobora kandi gukoreshwa nk'ifumbire y'ifu.Nyamara, kuzuza cyane Acide ya Ascorbic ntabwo ari byiza kubuzima, ahubwo ni bibi, bityo ikeneye gukoreshwa neza.Acide ya Ascorbic ikoreshwa nka reagent yisesengura muri laboratoire, nka agent igabanya, masking agent, nibindi