Ko te Waikawa Ascorbic he huaora wairewa-wai, he matū te ingoa L-(+) -sualose momo 2,3,4,5, 6-pentahydroxy-2-hexenoide-4-lactone, e mohiotia ana ano ko L-ascorbic acid, tauira rāpoi C6H8O6 , te taumaha ngota 176.12.
Ko te waikawa Ascorbic te nuinga o te wa he pahekeheke, i etahi wa ka rite ki te ngira te karaihe monoclinic, he kakara, he reka kawa, he wairewa ki te wai, me te kaha whakaheke.Ka uru atu ki nga mahi metabolic matatini o te tinana, ka taea te whakatairanga i te tipu me te whakarei ake i te aukati ki nga mate, ka taea te whakamahi hei taapiri kai, te antioxidant, ka taea hoki te whakamahi hei whakapai paraoa witi.Heoi, ko te taapiri nui o te waikawa Ascorbic kaore i te pai mo te hauora, engari he kino, na reira me whakamahi tika.Ka whakamahia te Acid Ascorbic hei reagent tātari i roto i te taiwhanga, penei i te kaihoko whakaheke, te maaka huna, aha atu.