Vitamin C is an organic molecule that helps many enzymes in the body function. A lack of vitamin C in the diet causes the disease scurvy. Vitamin C is an example of ___________.   Question 21 options:   a substrate   an inhibitor   a cofactor   a coenzyme

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Vitamin C is an organic molecule that helps many enzymes in the body function. A lack of vitamin C in the diet causes the disease scurvy. Vitamin C is an example of ___________.

 

Question 21 options:

 

a substrate

 

an inhibitor

 

a cofactor

 

a coenzyme

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