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The achievement of optimal folate status to prevent neural-tube defects, and possibly other diseases, is hindered by the well-recognised incomplete bioavailability of the natural folates found in foods compared with the synthetic vitamin, folic acid.
Helene, McNulty, Kristina, Pentieva
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Formylation of Folate as a Step in Physiological Folate Absorption [PDF]
Oral administration of folate analogues to rats is followed by a rise in plasma folate detectable only by micro-biological assay with Lactobacillus casei, suggesting methylation of folate during absorption. When using the everted rat gut technique with folate (PteGlu), dihydrofolate (H 2 ...
J, Perry, I, Chanarin
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Abstract Findings from experimental studies and animal models led to the hypothesis that folic acid supplementation during pregnancy confers an increased risk of asthma. This review provides a critical examination of current experimental and epidemiologic evidence of a causal association between folate status and asthma.
Joshua, Blatter +5 more
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BackgroundMethionine-methylation cycle and the derived critical functions during infancy are key regulated by folates, vitamins B12, and B6. At present in Spain, there is an absence of studies that assess the intakes and dietary sources of total folates ...
Teresa Partearroyo +10 more
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Besides elevated levels of lipids and lipoproteins, ievels of the physiological amino acid homocysteine as well as whole blood folates are now known to play a role in atherogenesis.
Katki Khurshed A. +2 more
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Adequate balanced nutrition of a woman is one of the most important aspects at the stages of pregravid preparation, during pregnancy and lactation. The needs for vitamins and minerals increase by 20–50% during pregnancy and lactation.
O. I. Lisitsyna, E. G. Khilkevich
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Folates play a key role in the prevention of neural tube defects in newborns. Thus, it is important to reliably determine the bioavailability of folates from various foods.
Lisa Striegel +5 more
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Exogenous folates stimulate growth and budding of Candida glabrata
Folate, vitamin B9, is well recognized as being essential for cell growth. The utilization of folate is common to all cells, but the source of it may be quite different. For example, mammalian cells depend on exogenous uptake of folates, while
Afsaneh Porzoor, Ian G. Macreadie
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Folates play an important role in the human body and a deficiency of this vitamin can cause several diseases. Therefore, a reliable analytical method is crucial for the determination of folate vitamers in strawberries and other dietary folate sources.
Lisa Striegel +4 more
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