Folic Acid

"Folic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D005492
MeSH Number(s)	D03.633.100.733.631.400
Concept/Terms	Folic Acid Folic Acid Vitamin M Vitamin B9 B9, Vitamin Pteroylglutamic Acid Folic Acid, Monopotassium Salt Folic Acid, Monopotassium Salt Folic Acid, Monosodium Salt Folic Acid, Monosodium Salt Folic Acid, Potassium Salt Folic Acid, Potassium Salt Folic Acid, (DL)-Isomer Folic Acid, (DL)-Isomer Folvite Folvite Folacin Folacin Folate Folate Folic Acid, (D)-Isomer Folic Acid, (D)-Isomer Folic Acid, Calcium Salt (1:1) Folic Acid, Calcium Salt (1:1) Folic Acid, Sodium Salt Folic Acid, Sodium Salt

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Heterocyclic Compounds [D03]
Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring [D03.633]
Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring [D03.633.100]
Pteridines [D03.633.100.733]
Pterins [D03.633.100.733.631]
Folic Acid [D03.633.100.733.631.400]

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Bar chart showing 42 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2004

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	1	0	1
2002	2	0	2
2003	1	2	3
2004	1	3	4
2005	0	1	1
2006	1	2	3
2007	2	0	2
2008	2	0	2
2009	0	3	3
2010	1	1	2
2011	2	0	2
2012	0	1	1
2013	0	2	2
2014	0	1	1
2015	1	0	1
2016	0	3	3
2018	0	1	1
2019	1	1	2
2021	1	0	1
2022	0	3	3
2023	0	1	1
2024	0	1	1

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Inoue-Choi M, Freedman ND, Etemadi A, Hashemian M, Brennan P, Roshandel G, Poustchi H, Boffetta P, Kamangar F, Amiriani T, Norouzi A, Dawsey S, Malekzadeh R, Abnet CC. One-carbon metabolism biomarkers and upper gastrointestinal cancer in the Golestan Cohort Study. Int J Cancer. 2024 Dec 01; 155(11):1944-1957.

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McFadden M, Singh SK, Kinnel B, Varambally S, Singh R. The effect of paclitaxel- and fisetin-loaded PBM nanoparticles on apoptosis and reversal of drug resistance gene ABCG2 in ovarian cancer. J Ovarian Res. 2023 Nov 21; 16(1):220.

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Hung CY, Zhu C, Kittur FS, He M, Arning E, Zhang J, Johnson AJ, Jawa GS, Thomas MD, Ding TT, Xie J. A plant-based mutant huntingtin model-driven discovery of impaired expression of GTPCH and DHFR. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2022 Oct 17; 79(11):553.

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Sum KK, Tint MT, Aguilera R, Dickens BSL, Choo S, Ang LT, Phua D, Law EC, Ng S, Tan KM, Benmarhnia T, Karnani N, Eriksson JG, Chong YS, Yap F, Tan KH, Lee YS, Chan SY, Chong MFF, Huang J. The socioeconomic landscape of the exposome during pregnancy. Environ Int. 2022 05; 163:107205.

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Singh SK, Singh R. Surface Plasmon Resonance, a Novel Technique for Sensing Cancer Biomarker: Folate Receptor and Nanoparticles Interface. Methods Mol Biol. 2022; 2413:211-228.

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Nerurkar PV, Gandhi K, Chen JJ. Correlations between Coffee Consumption and Metabolic Phenotypes, Plasma Folate, and Vitamin B12: NHANES 2003 to 2006. Nutrients. 2021 Apr 18; 13(4).

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Singh Y, Samuel VP, Dahiya S, Gupta G, Gillhotra R, Mishra A, Singh M, SreeHarsha N, Gubbiyappa SK, Tambuwala MM, Chellappan DK, Dua K. Combinational effect of angiotensin receptor blocker and folic acid therapy on uric acid and creatinine level in hyperhomocysteinemia-associated hypertension. Biotechnol Appl Biochem. 2019 Sep; 66(5):715-719.

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Kucheryavykh YV, Davila J, Ortiz-Rivera J, Inyushin M, Almodovar L, Mayol M, Morales-Cruz M, Cruz-Monta?ez A, Barcelo-Bovea V, Griebenow K, Kucheryavykh LY. Targeted Delivery of Nanoparticulate Cytochrome C into Glioma Cells Through the Proton-Coupled Folate Transporter. Biomolecules. 2019 04 18; 9(4).

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Takata Y, Shu XO, Buchowski MS, Munro HM, Wen W, Steinwandel MD, Hargreaves MK, Blot WJ, Cai Q. Food intake of folate, folic acid and other B vitamins with lung cancer risk in a low-income population in the Southeastern United States. Eur J Nutr. 2020 Mar; 59(2):671-683.

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Singh SK, Lillard JW, Singh R. Reversal of drug resistance by planetary ball milled (PBM) nanoparticle loaded with resveratrol and docetaxel in prostate cancer. Cancer Lett. 2018 07 28; 427:49-62.

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