FOLICACID

Folic acid

Folic acid are forms of the water-soluble vitamin B9. Folate is composed of the aromatic pteridine ring linked to para-aminobenzoic acid and one or more glutamate residues. Folic acid is itself not biologically active, but its biological importance is due to tetrahydrofolate and other derivatives after its conversion to dihydrofolic acid in the liver.

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folic acid

Noun

  1. A polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid, one of the vitamin B complex, essential for cell growth and reproduction


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