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Embryonic development is a critical period wherein brain neurons are generated and organized. Maternal dietary folate, a cofactor in one‐carbon metabolism, modulates neurogenesis and apoptosis in foetal brain neurons.
Wen Li +5 more
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Background: In preconception and pregnancy, women are encouraged to take folic acid-based supplements over and above food intake. The upper tolerable limit of folic acid is 1000 mcg per day; however, this level was determined to avoid masking a vitamin ...
Carolyn Ledowsky +3 more
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The Concept of Folic Acid in Health and Disease
Folates have a pterine core structure and high metabolic activity due to their ability to accept electrons and react with O-, S-, N-, C-bounds.
Yulia Shulpekova +9 more
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Assessment of folic acid and DNA damage in cleft lip and cleft palate
Studies have identified the risk factors like folic acid deficiency during gestational period, family history for orofacial clefts, drugs like antiepileptic, vitamin A.
Sivakumar Brooklyin +4 more
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Background This review was conducted to investigate the association between serum vitamin B12 levels as well as folic acid/vitamin B12 during pregnancy and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).
Jin He, Dongmei Jiang, X. Cui, C. Ji
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Objectives: To determine the frequency of folic acid deficiency in consecutive serum folate determinations and to determine whether there was a significant decrease in serum folate deficiency after folate was added to wheat flour.
Alejandro Godoy, Aldo Hugo Tabares
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In 1998 a Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) for folic acid was established based on case reports from the 1940s suggesting that high-dosage folic acid intake, used to treat patients with pernicious anemia, had the potential to precipitate or speed-up the
R. Berry
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Does Folic Acid Protect Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease from Complications?
Folic acid, referred to as vitamin B9, is a water-soluble substance, which participates in the synthesis of nucleic acids, amino acids, and proteins. Similarly to B12 and B6, vitamin B9 is involved in the metabolism of homocysteine, which is associated ...
A. Ratajczak +5 more
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Preconception folic acid supplement use is a well-known method of primary prevention of neural tube defects (NTDs). Obese women are at a higher risk for having a child with a NTD.
M. van der Windt +5 more
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Coexistence of folic acid and vitamin B12 deficiency has been observed among adolescents with iron deficiency anemia, but limited evidence is available from India.
Ashok Bhardwaj +5 more
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