So what’s the mystery? The mystery is that all these animals, including humans have the gene present to synthesize the vitamin but…

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00:00 Vitamin C: discovery and function
00:49 The gen synthesizing Vitamin C
00:59 Biosynthetic mechanism
01:23 Missing things in Vitamin C biosynthesis
02:04 Consequences of the missing genes
02:30 Avoiding harmful byproduct
02:54 HIF1-alpha stabilization
03:21 Control of HIF1-alpha activation