Table 1.

Vitamin C content of human skin and a comparison with other tissues.

Tissue	Vitamin C Content (mg/100 g Wet Weight)	References
Adrenal glands	30–40	[28]
Pituitary glands	40–50	[29]
Liver	10–16	[28,30]
Spleen	10–15	[28,31]
Lungs	7	[28]
Kidneys	5–15	[30]
Heart muscle	5–15	[28,29,31]
Skeletal muscle	3–4	[29,32]
Brain	13–15	[28]
Skin-epidermis	6–64	[25,26,27]
Skin-dermis	3–13	[25,26,27]