对维生素C如今已人尽皆知了。然而它的发现与航海关系是很值得一提的。在航海发展的初期,远航的船只由于缺乏冷藏设备,只能携带不会腐败的食物——硬饼干、醃猪肉之类。那时,坏血病一度成了可怕的“瘟疫”,为长期航海者所苦恼。十五世纪,麦哲伦船员们患坏血病比患一般的营养不良要更多;欧洲开辟往印度航路的探险队中一百六十名队员,竟有一百 Vitamin C is now well known. However, its discovery and maritime relations are worth mentioning. In the early days of voyage development, voyages of vessels due to the lack of refrigeration equipment, can only carry non-corrosive foods - hard crackers, pickled pork and the like. At that time, scurvy became a scary “plague” for a long time and was distressed by long-time voyages. In the fifteenth century, Magellan crew members suffered from scurvy more than ordinary malnutrition; one hundred and sixty members of the expedition that opened Europe to India