Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Other Names
B Complex Vitamin
Vitamin B9
Tetrahydrofolate
Folinic Acid
Folate
Folacin
Dihydrofolate
Active Site
-Absorbed in small intestine
-jejunum
Disease Prevention
- Arthritis
- Heart disease
- converts Homocysteine into other substances
-Colon and Cervical cancer (research stage)
-Macular degeneration
-Vitiligo
-Alzheimers (research stage)
- Osteoporosis (research stage)
Hormonal Control
Helps maintain the balance of:
Estrogen
Progesterone
Reproduction
Extremely important to avoid deficiency
during pregnancy
- causes neural tube defects
- lack of red blood cells