Folic acid

59-30-3

Vitamin B9

0.4 mg folic acid to prevent neural tube defects fetus, slaine folic acid project, after the country's 250000 cases of China and the United States to prevent neural tube defects cooperation projects verification [1], the expectant mothers in the case of pregnancy decreased 0.4 mg folic acid can use fetal neural tube malformation rate was 85%, the result has been widely applied more than 50 countries around the world. 0.5 mg folic acid is used to treat women anemia, when consumer is choosing to buy must be bullish on the directions, seriously to choose according to different situations.

Folate (folic acid) is one of the vitamin B complex, the equivalent of pteroylglutamic acid (pteroylglutamic acid, PGA), Mitchell (H.K.M itchell, 1941) extraction and purification from spinach leaves, so named folic acid. Have promote bone marrow cells mature, such as lack of folic acid can cause human giant red blood cell anemia, and white blood cells reduce disease, is especially important for pregnant women.