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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Dramamine brand of dimenhydrinate : Norblastín : B12 + acido folico, dos factores importantes en la terapéutica de las anemias megaloblásticas / Searle.

The nutritional and clinical significance of folic acid.

Leukaemia, its origins and therapies, 1845-1945 / by Claire Moorthy.

Progress at last?.

Pregnancy ephemera. Box 1.

Food fortification : the evidence, ethics, and politics of adding nutrients to food / Mark Lawrence.

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The nutritional and clinical significance of folic acid.

Leukaemia, its origins and therapies, 1845-1945 / by Claire Moorthy.

Progress at last?.

Pregnancy ephemera. Box 1.

Food fortification : the evidence, ethics, and politics of adding nutrients to food / Mark Lawrence.