Thus guinea pigs have been used for vitamin C experimentation for many years. Vitamin C is important to all animals, including humans, as it is vital to the formation of collagen. Vitamin C also protects the fat-soluble Vitamins A and E as well as fatty acids from oxidation. Vitamin C prevents and cures the disease scurvy, and is beneficial in the treatment of iron deficiency anemia. Collagen is the most abundant of the fibers contained in connective tissues of the human body.
Connective tissues give our body form and supports the organs as well.
When collagen is produced, a series of events occur inside the cell and also outside the cell. This process forms a precursor molecule called procollagen that is later packaged and modified into collagen outside the cell. Without the presence of Vitamin C, collagen production is disrupted, causing a wide variety of bodily problems. Vitamin C deficiency causes the disease scurvy. Scurvy is rarely seen nowadays except in severe alcoholics.