A member of the vitamin B family that stimulates the hematopoietic system. It is present in the liver and kidney and is found in mushrooms, spinach, yeast, green leaves, and grasses (POACEAE). Folic acid, being biochemically inactive, is converted to tetrahydrofolic acid and methyltetrahydrofolate by dihydrofolate reductase. These folic acid congeners are transported across cells by receptor-mediated endocytosis where they are needed to maintain ...
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Also known as:
- Acifolic,
- Cytofol,
- Dosfolat B activ,
- Folacid,
- Folacin,
- Folate,
- Folbal,
- Folcidin,
- Foldine,
- Folettes,
- Foliamin,
- Folicet,
- Folipac,
- Folsan,
- Folsaure,
- Folsav,
- Folvite,
- Incafolic,
- Liver Lactobacillus casei factor,
- Millafol,
- PGA,
- Pteroyl-L-glutamate,
- Pteroyl-L-glutamic acid,
- Pteroyl-L-monoglutamate,
- Pteroyl-L-monoglutamic acid,
- Pteroylglutamate,
- Pteroylglutamic acid,
- Pteroylmonoglutamate,
- Pteroylmonoglutamic acid,
- Vitamin Bc,
- Vitamin Be,
- Vitamin M
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