Product Name

Folic Acid

Name: Folic Acid - LGM Pharma
SKU: 59-30-3

CAS Number

59-30-3

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Product Name:

Folic Acid

CAS Number:

59-30-3

Indication:

For treatment of folic acid deficiency, megaloblastic anemia and in anemias of nutritional supplements, pregnancy, infancy, or childhood.

Mode of Action:

Folic acid, as it is biochemically inactive, is converted to tetrahydrofolic acid and methyltetrahydrofolate by dihydrofolate reductase. These folic acid congeners are transported across cells by receptor-mediated endocytosis where they are needed to maintain normal erythropoiesis, synthesize purine and thymidylate nucleic acids, interconvert amino acids, methylate tRNA, and generate and use formate. Using vitamin B12 as a cofactor, folic acid can normalize high homocysteine levels by remethylation of homocysteine to methionine via methionine synthetase.

Pharmacodynamics:

Folic acid, a water-soluble B-complex vitamin, is found in foods such as liver, kidneys, yeast, and leafy, green vegetables. Folic acid is used to diagnose folate deficiency and to treat topical sprue and megaloblastic and macrocytic anemias, hematologic complications resulting from a deficiency in folic acid.

Metabolism:

Hepatic

Toxicity:

IPR-MUS LD₅₀ 85 mg/kg, IVN-GPG LD₅₀ 120 mg/kg, IVN-MUS LD₅₀ 239 mg/kg, IVN-RAT LD₅₀ 500 mg/kg, IVN-RBT LD₅₀ 410 mg/kg

IUPAC:

(2S)-2-[(4-{[(2-amino-4-oxo-1, 4-dihydropteridin-6-yl)methyl]amino}phenyl)formamido]pentanedioic acid

ATC:

B03BB01

DrugBank:

DB00158 (NUTR00025)

Formula:

C₁₆H₂₈GdN₅O₉

Molecular Mass:

441.3975

Synonyms:

Folate Pteroyl-L-glutamic acid Pteroyl-L-monoglutamic acid Pteroylglutamic acid Pteroylmonoglutamic acid Vitamin B9 Vitamin Bc Vitamin Be Vitamin M

SMILES:

NC1=NC(=O)C2=NC(CNC3=CC=C(C=C3)C(=O)N[C@@H](CCC(O)=O)C(O)=O)=CN=C2N1

AHFS Code:

28:08.0

InChi:

OVBPIULPVIDEAO-LBPRGKRZSA-N

General Reference:

Kamen B: Folate and antifolate pharmacology. Semin Oncol. 1997 Oct;24(5 Suppl 18):S18-30-S18-39. Pubmed
Fenech M, Aitken C, Rinaldi J: Folate, vitamin B12, homocysteine status and DNA damage in young Australian adults. Carcinogenesis. 1998 Jul;19(7):1163-71. Pubmed
Zittoun J: [Anemias due to disorder of folate, vitamin B12 and transcobalamin metabolism] Rev Prat. 1993 Jun 1;43(11):1358-63. Pubmed
Alaimo K, McDowell MA, Briefel RR, Bischof AM, Caughman CR, Loria CM, Johnson CL: Dietary intake of vitamins, minerals, and fiber of persons ages 2 months and over in the United States: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Phase 1, 1988-91. Adv Data. 1994 Nov 14;(258):1-28. Pubmed
Raiten DJ, Fisher KD: Assessment of folate methodology used in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III, 1988-1994). J Nutr. 1995 May;125(5):1371S-1398S. Pubmed

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