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Chapter 512 - 203 All-around Genius_2

No taste, the color looks normal too, doesn't seem poisonous.

"Test your knowledge: besides being a nutritional supplement, what other functions does ascorbic acid have?"

Ascorbic acid is the scientific name for Vitamin C.

Gao Yuyue answered without hesitation, "The diene diol structure in the C molecule easily releases hydrogen atoms, which makes it highly reductive."

Its reduction capability allows it to donate electrons to other substances, thereby participating in chemical reactions.

Gao Yuyue looked at the bottle of water in her hand, then at the bottle of Vitamin C, and suddenly realized something.

Except she didn't yet know what inorganic toxin it was.

"It's arsenic," Shen You'an answered her question.

"Pentavalent arsenic is reduced to trivalent arsenic by the strong reduction properties of ascorbic acid, producing arsenic trioxide."

Shen You'an's gaze landed on the withering green plant in the corner, her eyes dark and deep.

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