"Folic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.633.100.733.631.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Folic Acid- Folic Acid
- Vitamin M
- Vitamin B9
- B9, Vitamin
- Pteroylglutamic Acid
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Folic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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Kennedy GT, Azari FS, Chang A, Nadeem B, Bernstein E, Segil A, Din A, Marfatia I, Desphande C, Okusanya O, Keating J, Predina J, Newton A, Kucharczuk JC, Singhal S. Comparative Experience of Short-wavelength Versus Long-wavelength Fluorophores for Intraoperative Molecular Imaging of Lung Cancer. Ann Surg. 2022 10 01; 276(4):711-719.
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Mukha D, Fokra M, Feldman A, Sarvin B, Sarvin N, Nevo-Dinur K, Besser E, Hallo E, Aizenshtein E, Schug ZT, Shlomi T. Glycine decarboxylase maintains mitochondrial protein lipoylation to support tumor growth. Cell Metab. 2022 05 03; 34(5):775-782.e9.
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Schug ZT. Formaldehyde Detoxification Creates a New Wheel for the Folate-Driven One-Carbon "Bi"-cycle. Biochemistry. 2018 02 13; 57(6):889-890.
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Danenberg PV, Gustavsson B, Johnston P, Lindberg P, Moser R, Odin E, Peters GJ, Petrelli N. Folates as adjuvants to anticancer agents: Chemical rationale and mechanism of action. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2016 Oct; 106:118-31.
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Kennedy GT, Okusanya OT, Keating JJ, Heitjan DF, Deshpande C, Litzky LA, Albelda SM, Drebin JA, Nie S, Low PS, Singhal S. The Optical Biopsy: A Novel Technique for Rapid Intraoperative Diagnosis of Primary Pulmonary Adenocarcinomas. Ann Surg. 2015 Oct; 262(4):602-9.
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Asadi-Pooya AA. High dose folic acid supplementation in women with epilepsy: are we sure it is safe? Seizure. 2015 Apr; 27:51-3.
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Okereke OI, Cook NR, Albert CM, Van Denburgh M, Buring JE, Manson JE. Effect of long-term supplementation with folic acid and B vitamins on risk of depression in older women. Br J Psychiatry. 2015 Apr; 206(4):324-31.
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Dean SV, Lassi ZS, Imam AM, Bhutta ZA. Preconception care: nutritional risks and interventions. Reprod Health. 2014 Sep 26; 11 Suppl 3:S3.
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Summers CM, Hammons AL, Arora J, Zhang S, Jochems J, Blair IA, Whitehead AS. Methotrexate modulates folate phenotype and inflammatory profile in EA.hy 926 cells. Eur J Pharmacol. 2014 Jun 05; 732:60-7.
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Song Y, Manson JE, Lee IM, Cook NR, Paul L, Selhub J, Giovannucci E, Zhang SM. Effect of combined folic acid, vitamin B(6), and vitamin B(12) on colorectal adenoma. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2012 Oct 17; 104(20):1562-75.