The importance of vitamin C was first discovered in 1747. It is the major water-soluble antioxidant within the body. Humans are one of the few species who lack the enzyme to convert glucose to vitamin C. The vitamin readily donates electrons to break the chain reaction of lipid peroxidation. The water-soluble properties of vitamin C allow for the quenching of free radicals before they reach the cellular membrane. Vitamin C is important in collagen formation, thereby resulting in stabilization of the peptide. Indirectly, AA plays important regulatory roles throughout the entire body due to its involvement in the synthesis of hormones, hormone-releasing factors, and neurotransmitters (Groff et al., 1995; Jacoba, 1999).