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Folate ( Folic Acid, B9)
- water soluble B-vitamin
- Functions
- Required for Cell Division
- Coenzyme for Nucleic Acid Synthesis
- Required for Cell Division
- Transport
- Absorbed in JeJunum
- Immediate uptake by cells
- Immediate uptake by cells
- Absorbed in JeJunum
- Storage
- 20-70mg stored in liver
- 20-70mg stored in liver
- Dietary Reccomendation
- Adults: 400mcg
- Pregnant Women ~800 mcg
- Adults: 400mcg
- Food Sources
- Vegetables:
- Spinach
- Asparagus
- Brussels Sprouts
- Spinach
- Fruits:
- Oranges
- Bananas
- Strawberries
- Melons
- Oranges
- Vegetables:
- Deficiency
- Megaloblastic anemia
- Neural Tube Defects in fetuses
- Megaloblastic anemia
- Toxicity
- Water-soluble, low toxicity
- metabolized by liver
- 90% excreted in urine
- 90% excreted in urine
- metabolized by liver
- Water-soluble, low toxicity
Medienanhänge
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