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Folate, also
known as
vitamin B9 and folacin, is one of the B vitamins.
Manufactured folic acid,
which is
converted into
folate by the body, is used as...
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Folate deficiency, also
known as
vitamin B9 deficiency, is a low
level of
folate and
derivatives in the body. This may
result in
megaloblastic anemia in...
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blood donation.
Causes of
decreased production include iron deficiency,
folate deficiency,
vitamin B12 deficiency, thal****emia and a
number of bone marrow...
- by name than by number, such as
pantothenic acid (B5),
biotin (B7), and
folate (B9). B
vitamins are
present in protein-rich foods, such as fish, poultry...
- vitamin,
folate (folic acid), to a molecule/drug to form a "
folate conjugate".
Based on the
natural high
affinity of
folate for the
folate receptor protein...
- 4%
chance that the next
child will also be affected. Not
having enough folate (vitamin B9) in the diet
before and
during pregnancy also
plays a significant...
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Folate receptors bind
folate and
reduced folic acid
derivatives and
mediates delivery of
tetrahydrofolate to the
interior of cells. It is then converted...
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Reduced Folate Carrier (RFC)
Family (TC# 2.A.48) is a
group of
transport proteins that is part of the
major facilitator superfamily. RFCs take up
folate, reduced...
- such as proguanil,
pyrimethamine and
trimethoprim selectively inhibit folate's actions in
microbial organisms such as bacteria,
protozoa and fungi. The...
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Hereditary folate malabsorption (HFM) is a rare
autosomal recessive disorder caused by loss-of-function
mutations in the proton-coupled
folate transporter...
