 Folic Acid
"Folic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
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D005492
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.438.733.631.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Folic Acid- Folic Acid
- Vitamin B9
- B9, Vitamin
- Vitamin M
- Pteroylglutamic Acid
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Folic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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Spellicy CJ, Northrup H, Fletcher JM, Cirino PT, Dennis M, Morrison AC, Martinez CA, Au KS. Folate metabolism gene 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) is associated with ADHD in myelomeningocele patients. PLoS One. 2012; 7(12):e51330.
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Zhang C, Boini KM, Xia M, Abais JM, Li X, Liu Q, Li PL. Activation of Nod-like receptor protein 3 inflammasomes turns on podocyte injury and glomerular sclerosis in hyperhomocysteinemia. Hypertension. 2012 Jul; 60(1):154-62.
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Zhang C, Yi F, Xia M, Boini KM, Zhu Q, Laperle LA, Abais JM, Brimson CA, Li PL. NMDA receptor-mediated activation of NADPH oxidase and glomerulosclerosis in hyperhomocysteinemic rats. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2010 Oct 01; 13(7):975-86.
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Martinez CA, Northrup H, Lin JI, Morrison AC, Fletcher JM, Tyerman GH, Au KS. Genetic association study of putative functional single nucleotide polymorphisms of genes in folate metabolism and spina bifida. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Oct; 201(4):394.e1-11.
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Zhu H, Wlodarczyk BJ, Scott M, Yu W, Merriweather M, Gelineau-van Waes J, Schwartz RJ, Finnell RH. Cardiovascular abnormalities in Folr1 knockout mice and folate rescue. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2007 Apr; 79(4):257-68.
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