In humans and other primates as well as in guinea pigs, this vitamin cannot be synthesized because of the absence of the enzyme L-gulonolactone oxidase: the vitamin is_____________?

A. Nicotinic acid

B. Ascorbic acid

C. Pantothenic acid

D. Folic acid

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