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A salt or ester of folic acid.
Folate, also called folic acid, folacin, or vitamin B9, is a water-soluble B-complex vitamin that is essential for human growth and development. It is made up of three components: para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), glutamic acid, and pteridine. The latter two components explain the technical chemical name for folate: pteroylmonoglutamate. Because folate is one of the most chemically complex vitamins, it is also complicated in its interaction with your body. Most foods do not contain folate in the exact form described above, so enzymes inside your intestines must chemically alter food forms of folate in order for you to absorb it. Even when your body is operating at full efficiency, you can absorb only about 50% of the folate from your food.
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Which drug has a chemical structure to folate?
Methotrexate
What is the major cofactor formed from folate?
tetrahydrofolate (THF)
One of the first symptoms of folate deficiency?
The first symptoms of folate deficiency is loss of appetite and weight loss. In addition, early symptoms include sore tongue, irritability, behavioral disorders, and heart palpitations.
What vitamins is essential for the synthesis of nitrogenous bases in DNA and RNA?
folate
What Physiological stresses such as blood loss burns measles and cancer are known particularly to increase the risk of?
Folate
Which vitamin is associated with cell division?
B12 and folate
Who is the inventor of folate vitamins?
who is the inventor of folate vitamins
Is folate a b vitamin?
Yes folate is one of the B vitamins
What is wrong with high doses of folate?
Folate has shown to play a dual role in cancer development, and high folate intake promotes advanced carcinogenesis.
This b vitamin nutrient helps the body make new cells?
folate
Is folate an element?
No, it is not.
Why are folate antagonists inactive in the presence of pus?
Folate antagonists work by inhibiting the nucleotide synthesis. Since pus provides an alternative source of nucleotides for the bacteria, the folate anatagonists can no longer work.
What is underconsumed in the US?
Folate
Is folate a compound or element?
Folate is a water soluble vitamin. It is made of few elements. So it is a compound,not an element.
What is the another term for folate?
A: Another term for folate is either Folic Acid (synthetic form) or B Vitamin.
Is folate best absorbed from foods or from supplements?
Folic acid is the supplemental form of folate, the body is able to absorb 90% of it. Whereas the food-form, folate, can only be absorbed by 50% due to its structure.
How much does lamotrigine lamictal deplete folate Are there any studies measuring folate levels while taking lamotrigine?
I read on a website called "psychobabble" that between 1.4 and 5.4 mg of folate (in the form of l-methylfolate, or metafolin) are recommended to combat both Lamictal's depletion of folate, and the memory/cognitive loss Lamictal sometimes causes. Another site said 1mg folate per 100mg Lamictal.
