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Folic Acid Supplementation in Patients with Elevated Homocysteine Levels
Advances in Therapy, 2020 Folic acid is the most important dietary determinant of homocysteine (Hcy). Hcy serves as a critical intermediate in methylation reactions. It is created from methionine and either converted back to methionine or transformed into cysteine.
A. Kaye +9 more
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Awareness and use of folic acid among women of childbearing age in Benue State, Nigeria
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020 INTRODUCTION: Every year in Nigeria 12,695 babies are born with neural tube defects. Folic acid reduces the risk of neural tube defect by about 50% among peri-conceptional users.
Ubong Akpan Okon +5 more
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Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2020 Importance Dietary supplements marketed for male fertility commonly contain folic acid and zinc based on limited prior evidence for improving semen quality.
E. Schisterman +18 more
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020 Background Despite the supplementation of iron-folic acid is the recommended strategy during the antenatal period; iron deficiency anemia is the commonest hematologic complication during pregnancy.
Fikadu Waltengus Sendeku +2 more
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Advances in research on analysis methods and stability of folic acid in food
Journal of Hebei University of Science and Technology, 2019 It is urgently and practically significant to optimize the sample pretreatment, and to establish accurate detection of folic acid content in food and the presence of folic acid, in order to promote the in-depth research of various aspects of folic acid ...
Wenhuai KANG +4 more
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Nutrients, 2020 The United States implemented mandatory fortification of cereal grains with folic acid in 1998 to prevent neural tube defects (NTDs) during pregnancy. The health benefits of folate (vitamin B9) are well documented; however, there are potential risks of ...
Michaela E. Murphy, C. Westmark
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Improper Supplementation Habits of Folic Acid Intake by Hungarian Pregnant Women: Improper Recommendations [PDF]
, 2008 Background: Neural tube defects (NTDs) are some of the most common congenital anomalies. Proper folic acid supplementation is a dominant risk factor, which has been shown to decrease the incidence of NTDs.
Bognár, M. +7 more
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Folic acid supplementation promotes mammary tumor progression in a rat model. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Folic acid supplementation may prevent the development of cancer in normal tissues but may promote the progression of established (pre)neoplastic lesions.
Shaidah Deghan Manshadi +6 more
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Effect of Iron/Folic Acid Supplementation on the Outcome of Malaria Episodes Treated with Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine [PDF]
, 2014 Folic acid supplementation may potentially alter the efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) treatment in children with malaria. However, there is lack of evidence fromrandomized controlled trials and effects of folic acid supplementation on clinical ...
Black, Robert E. +5 more
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Preventive effects of folic acid supplementation on adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Although there is accumulating evidence regarding the additional protective effect of folic acid against adverse pregnancy outcomes other than neural tube defects, these effects have not been elucidated in detail.
Min Woo Kim +7 more
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