The folic acid used in fortified foods poses greater health risks than naturally occurring folates.
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Folic
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1 entries- listový adj (Of or relating to foliage)
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The epidemiologist studied Norwegian babies born with cleft lip, cleft palate or both. He asked their mothers to recall whether they had taken pre-natal vitamins, or eaten diets high in folic acid and other folates. The usual amount of folic acid in prenatal vitamins is 400 micrograms.
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It is especially abundant in green leaves of many kinds, including grass. Because of this fact, and since we have obtained what appears to be a nearly pure chemical entity, we suggest the name folic acid (Latin, folium—leaf).
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