Vitamin C details
What Vitamin C shows
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is an antioxidant vitamin important for immune function, wound healing, and collagen production (essential for skin, blood vessels, and connective tissue), and it also helps improve the absorption of non-heme iron (the type found in plant foods) from your diet. Significant deficiency, causing scurvy, is now rare in developed countries but can still occur with very restrictive diets, limited access to fresh produce, certain malabsorption conditions, or heavy smoking (which increases the body's vitamin C needs). This test is used to assess vitamin C status when deficiency is clinically suspected.
Normal ranges
Typical adult range
0.2–2.7 mg/dL
Most labs report a range close to this
Hormunity optimal range
1.3–4 mg/dL
A narrower functional target
Each lab sets its own reference range. Always compare your result with the range printed on your report, and review it with a healthcare provider.
Tests that include Vitamin C
Vitamin C is a water-soluble antioxidant essential for immune function, collagen synthesis, and protection against oxidative stress.
- Vitamin C An antioxidant vitamin important for immune function, collagen production, and iron absorption.
This test measures the level of Vitamin C in your body, which is crucial for your health. Vitamin C plays a key role in forming connective tissue, helping your body metabolize drugs, and supporting various enzyme functions. A lack of Vitamin C can lead to scurvy, a condition that affects your body's ability to form mature connective tissue, leading to symptoms like skin bleeding, weakness, fatigue, and depression.
- Vitamin C An antioxidant vitamin important for immune function, collagen production, and iron absorption.
This test measures the levels of various essential micronutrients and antioxidants in the body, which are crucial for maintaining health and preventing diseases. Antioxidants help protect the body from damage caused by free radicals and are important for immune function, skin health, and overall well-being.
- Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) An antioxidant compound your cells use to produce energy. Tested to assess CoQ10 status, especially in people on statin medications, which can lower natural levels.
- Vitamin A Measures vitamin A, important for vision, immune function, and skin health.
- Vitamin C An antioxidant vitamin important for immune function, collagen production, and iron absorption.
- Vitamin E, Alpha-Tocopherol The most active form of vitamin E in the body, an antioxidant that protects cells from damage. Used to assess vitamin E status.
- Vitamin E, Beta Gamma Tocopherol Measures beta- and gamma-tocopherol, forms of vitamin E found mainly in vegetable oils, nuts and seeds, as part of a vitamin E assessment.
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