Folic Acid

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"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 54 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	2	0	2
1997	0	1	1
1998	0	1	1
2002	1	0	1
2003	2	2	4
2004	4	0	4
2005	2	2	4
2006	1	0	1
2007	1	1	2
2008	3	1	4
2009	1	2	3
2010	1	0	1
2011	3	0	3
2012	3	0	3
2013	1	1	2
2014	5	0	5
2015	0	1	1
2016	2	0	2
2017	3	3	6
2018	0	1	1
2019	0	1	1
2020	0	1	1
2022	0	1	1

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Ventura P, Sardh E, Longo N, Balwani M, Plutzky J, Gouya L, Phillips J, Rhyee S, Fanelli MJ, Sweetser MT, Petrides PE. Hyperhomocysteinemia in acute hepatic porphyria (AHP) and implications for treatment with givosiran. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Sep; 16(9):879-894.

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Nwanaji-Enwerem JC, Colicino E, Gao X, Wang C, Vokonas P, Boyer EW, Baccarelli AA, Schwartz J. Associations of Plasma Folate and Vitamin B6 With Blood DNA Methylation Age: An Analysis of One-Carbon Metabolites in the VA Normative Aging Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2021 04 30; 76(5):760-769.

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Frederick AM, Guo C, Meyer A, Yan L, Schneider SS, Liu Z. The influence of obesity on folate status, DNA methylation and cancer-related gene expression in normal breast tissues from premenopausal women. Epigenetics. 2021 04; 16(4):458-467.

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Johnson EO, LaVerriere E, Office E, Stanley M, Meyer E, Kawate T, Gomez JE, Audette RE, Bandyopadhyay N, Betancourt N, Delano K, Da Silva I, Davis J, Gallo C, Gardner M, Golas AJ, Guinn KM, Kennedy S, Korn R, McConnell JA, Moss CE, Murphy KC, Nietupski RM, Papavinasasundaram KG, Pinkham JT, Pino PA, Proulx MK, Ruecker N, Song N, Thompson M, Trujillo C, Wakabayashi S, Wallach JB, Watson C, Ioerger TR, Lander ES, Hubbard BK, Serrano-Wu MH, Ehrt S, Fitzgerald M, Rubin EJ, Sassetti CM, Schnappinger D, Hung DT. Large-scale chemical-genetics yields new M. tuberculosis inhibitor classes. Nature. 2019 07; 571(7763):72-78.

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Reza N, Deligiannidis KM, Eustis EH, Battle CL. Complementary Health Practices for Treating Perinatal Depression. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2018 Sep; 45(3):441-454.

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Bronckers IMGJ, Seyger MMB, West DP, Lara-Corrales I, Tollefson M, Tom WL, Hogeling M, Belazarian L, Zachariae C, Mah? E, Siegfried E, Philipp S, Szalai Z, Vleugels RA, Holland K, Murphy R, Baselga E, Cordoro K, Lambert J, Alexopoulos A, Mrowietz U, Kievit W, Paller AS. Safety of Systemic Agents for the Treatment of Pediatric Psoriasis. JAMA Dermatol. 2017 11 01; 153(11):1147-1157.

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Trivedi MK, Sharma S, Rifas-Shiman SL, Camargo CA, Weiss ST, Oken E, Gillman MW, Gold DR, DeMeo DL, Litonjua AA. Folic Acid in Pregnancy and Childhood Asthma: A US Cohort. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2018 04; 57(4):421-427.

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Li J, Goh CE, Demmer RT, Whitcomb BW, Du P, Liu Z. Association between Serum Folate and Insulin Resistance among U.S. Nondiabetic Adults. Sci Rep. 2017 08 23; 7(1):9187.

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Garza-Mayers AC, Kroshinsky D. Low-dose Methotrexate for Vitiligo. J Drugs Dermatol. 2017 Jul 01; 16(7):705-706.

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Huang L, Li Z, Zhao Y, Yang J, Yang Y, Pendharkar AI, Zhang Y, Kelmar S, Chen L, Wu W, Zhao J, Han G. Enhancing Photodynamic Therapy through Resonance Energy Transfer Constructed Near-Infrared Photosensitized Nanoparticles. Adv Mater. 2017 07; 29(28).

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