41 Experimental studies with vitamin B12 deficient fruit bats have confirmed that pretreatment with folic acid or formyl tetrahydrofolate speeds up the appearance of nitrous oxide induced subacute ...

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Also known as vitamin B9, folate is a crucial nutrient required for DNA synthesis, red blood cell creation, and the healthy development of a fetus. While a wide variety of foods include folate ...

Referred to as folic acid or folate, this essential B vitamin stimulates cell development, facilitates DNA synthesis, and assists in producing red blood cells. It is notably important for pregnant ...

The effect of tetrahydrofolate on tetrahydrobiopterin metabolism. J Ment Defic Res 30:170-183, 1986. Coppen A, Swade C, Jones SA, et al: Depression and tetrahydrobiopterin: The folate connection.

We evaluated whether the folic acid component of multivitamins is responsible for the reduction in risk by examining the associations between maternal use of folic acid antagonists and these ...

"For example, variations (also known as polymorphisms) in the FTO gene (a fat mass and obesity-associated gene) are ...

Fortunately, there's evidence that folic acid, a vitamin found in green vegetables and beans, can help prevent hearing and memory loss. In a study from the Netherlands, older adults who took daily ...

Pensioners must boost the amount of folic acid they take to cut the risk of strokes and heart disease, according to scientists. They should take triple the daily dose of 200mg a day recommended by ...

According to a special issue of the journal Science, the recognition that inflammation is a primary pathophysiologic mechanism in chronic illness is one of the major scientific insights of the ...

To reduce neural tube defects (NTDs), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated that by January 1998 all enriched grain products should contain 140 μg of folic acid (FA)/100 g of flour.

Certain micronutrients, most notably folic acid, are critical to fetal development, and pregnant people need particularly high amounts to support the health of the baby and mom. Adults should ...