folaten.
/ˈfəʊleɪt/, /ˈfɒleɪt/, U.S. /ˈfoʊˌleɪt/, /ˈfɑˌleɪt/ Biochemistry.
A salt or ester, or the anion, of folic acid. Also (as a mass noun): folic acid or any of its salts, esp. as a component of the diet. Cf. pteroylglutamate n. at pteroylglutamic adj. Derivatives.
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1944 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 66 268/1 The combined sample of 184 mg...of ammonium folate was triturated with 0.6 ml. of water.
1960 Federation Proc. (Federation Amer. Soc. Exper. Biol.) 19 411/1 (title) Evidence for a single enzyme reducing folate and dihydrofolate.
1970 R. W. McGilvery Biochemistry xviii. 411 Mammals cannot synthesise the pteridine ring, so folate qualifies as a vitamin in the sense that mammalian tissues must be supplied with the compound.
1990 Mutagenesis 5 552/1 Folate deficiency..can cause dramatic increases in the frequency of micronucleated erythrocytes in Crohn's disease patients.
1995 Which? Feb. 9/2 Fruit and vegetables provide vitamin C, folate, beta-carotene and potassium.
2001 Biomed. & Pharmacotherapy 55 381 Folates contain the core chemical structure of pteroylglutamic acid, but vary in their state of reduction.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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