Concept information
Preferred term
Folic Acid
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- B9, Vitamin
- Pteroylglutamic Acid
- Vitamin B9
- Vitamin M
Scope note
- A member of the vitamin B family that stimulates the hematopoietic system. It is present in the liver and kidney and is found in mushrooms, spinach, yeast, green leaves, and grasses (POACEAE). Folic acid is used in the treatment and prevention of folate deficiencies and megaloblastic anemia.
History note
- HOMOFOLIC ACID was heading 1975-84
In other languages
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Finnish
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acidum folicum
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folaatti
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Foliver
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Folvite
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pteroyyliglutamiinihappo
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pteroyylimonoglutamiinihappo
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Swedish
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Folacin
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Folat
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M-vitamin
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Vitamin B9
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Vitamin M
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005492
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