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Micronutrient bioavailability: concepts, influencing factors, and strategies for improvement [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Nutrition
The human diet provides a range of macronutrients and micronutrients, which are metabolized for energy and used to support all aspects of life. The extent to which these nutrients are absorbed in a form that can be used by metabolic processes, or stored ...
James D. Richards   +7 more
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Folic Acid Antagonists: Antimicrobial and Immunomodulating Mechanisms and Applications. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Mol Sci, 2019
Bacterial, protozoan and other microbial infections share an accelerated metabolic rate. In order to ensure a proper functioning of cell replication and proteins and nucleic acids synthesis processes, folate metabolism rate is also increased in these cases.
Fernández-Villa D, Aguilar MR, Rojo L.
europepmc   +5 more sources

The importance of folic acid for the health of the human body [PDF]

open access: yesFarmacja Polska, 2020
A well-balanced diet is undoubtedly a key factor to maintain your body's normal state of health. A deficiency or excess of any nutrient can cause negative effects on human health.
Karolina Jolanta Banyś   +2 more
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Cardiotoxic effects induced by the use of antimetabolites in the chemotherapy of oncological diseases

open access: yesКардиоСоматика, 2021
In modern medical practice, the treatment of cancer is one of the most pressing issues. Many of the drugs used in the treatment of cancer have a toxic effect on the cardiovascular system of patients. The main clinical manifestations of cardiotoxicity are
Alina A. Aliab'eva, Galina S. Mal
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Optimization of microfluidic functionalization of a plasmonic-based device for selective capture of anti-folic acid in solution

open access: yesBiosensors and Bioelectronics: X, 2022
Recent advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology have led to the development of ultrasensitive plasmonic substrates with a theoretical limit of detection of a single molecule.
Federica Granata   +8 more
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Caffeine-folic acid-loaded-chitosan nanoparticles combined with methotrexate as a novel HepG2 immunotherapy targeting adenosine A2A receptor downstream cascade

open access: yesBMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2023
Background Methotrexate (MTX) is a common chemotherapeutic drug that inhibits DNA synthesis and induces apoptosis. Treatment with MTX increased CD73 expression, which leads to higher levels of extracellular adenosine.
Alaa Hamed   +5 more
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Mutagenic Studies of Folic Acid Antagonists [PDF]

open access: yesAntimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1977
Compounds that compete with folic acid (folic acid antagonists [FAAs]) become limited in their usefulness in the treatment of leukemia, malaria, and bacterial infections by the rapid development of resistance. Assays of the plasma levels of certain of these FAAs led to the observation, in about 25% of the determinations, that a higher ...
C S, Genther   +3 more
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Considerations on the food fortification policy in Brazil

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia, 2011
Government health authorities approved, in December 2002, the ANVISA (National Sanitary Vigilance Agency) resolution number 344, making the addition of iron and folic acid to all wheat and maize flours industrialized in Brazil obligatory.
José Murilo Martins
doaj   +1 more source

Pilot Study on the Influence of Nutritional Counselling and Implant Therapy on the Nutritional Status in Dentally Compromised Patients. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
OBJECTIVES:To investigate the impact of implant-prosthetic rehabilitation combined with nutritional counseling on the nutritional status of patients with severely reduced dentitions.
Bernd Wöstmann   +3 more
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Syndromes, Disorders and Maternal Risk Factors Associated with Neural Tube Defects (I)

open access: yesTaiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2008
Summary: Fetuses with neural tube defects (NTDs) maybe associated with syndromes, disorders, and maternal risk factors. This article provides a comprehensive review of syndromes, disorders, and maternal risk factors associated with NTDs, such as ...
Chih-Ping Chen
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