Extracting Vitamin C

[JesusChrist]

I need to extract vitamin C from fruits/veggies, is there an easy way to do it? If so, can I have a link to a method or something to help me do it.

[Phi for All]

So you can use magic to turn water into wine for but for extracting vitamin C you need science? Niiiice.

 

What's this for? What equipment do you have available?

[JesusChrist]

we want to see the effects of vitamin C on cells.

I dont know what equipment i have access to becauseits at school, but we have a lot of things.

I also need to do the same thing with vitamin E so if there is a way to do it I would like to know

thanks

JesusChrist

[Phi for All]

It's difficult since ascorbic acid is easily oxidized and damaged by heat. There are some products you can get in health food stores that claim to be 100% pure Vitamin C, not borne in salts or other carriers. I'd try that before anything else.

 

Here's a PubMed abstract entitled Nitrogen-protected microwave-assisted extraction of ascorbic acid from fruits and vegetables.

[JesusChrist]

Thanks it helped me

 

Also, what about vitamin E?