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• n  a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction

• Plenty of folate in the blood would thus mean less chance of stroke - and might even protect brain cells from damage by homocysteine .
• Then the Food and Drug Administration said Vegemite was not banned, because the folate in it was the not-banned sort of folate or something.
• Spinach is loaded with iron and folate, a B vitamin considered so important that it is now routinely added to flour.

• vitamin Bc
• vitamin M
• folic acid
• folacin
• pteroylglutamic acid
• pteroylmonoglutamic acid

News & Articles

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• Deplin: A 'medical food' that treats depression
  Deplin, a derivative of folate (vitamin B9), is proving to be a powerful weapon in the treatment of depression.
  June 18, 2013 - Fox News

Quotes

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• Annette King in New Zealand Herald
  New Zealand women do not get enough natural folate in the diet to prevent a large number of babies being born with devastating neural tube defects, the most common of which are spina bifida and hydrocephalus,Ms King said.
• Hongjie Dai in Innovations-Report
  Folate is just an experimental model that we used,Dai says. "In reality, there are more interesting ways we can do this. For example, we can attach an antibody to a carbon nanotube to target a particular kind of cancer cell."
• Fiona Stanley in Sydney Morning Herald
  Their decision will ensure that many more women get enough folate to protect their babies from devastating neural tube defects such as spina bifida,said Perth child health expert Professor Fiona Stanley. "Mandatory fortification is a...