Categories: Vitamin
Type: Compound
Vitamin: B9
Name: Folic Acid (Folacin),Folinic Acid
RDA:0.4 mg
Importance- to Body:
Basis of coenzymes that act in synthesis of methionine and certain other amino acids, choline, DNA; essential for formation of red blood cells.
Distribution- in Body:
Synthesized by enteric bacteria. The pure vitamin is bright-yellow crystaline compound; stable to heat; easily oxidized in acidic solutions and light; stored mainly in liver.
Excess Effects:
None listed
Deficiency Effects:< br/>
Macrocytic or Megaloblastic Anemia; Gastrointestinal Disturbances, Diarrhea
Food Sources:
Liver, Deep-Green Vegetables, Yeast, Lean Beef, Eggs, Veal, Whole Grains
Environmental/Geographic Sources:
None listed
Supplemental information:
Synonyms:
Folinic acid,Folic acid,Folacin