Folic acid and folates: the feasibility
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Scott, John; R๏ฟฝbeill๏ฟฝ, Fabrice; Fletcher, John
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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In mammalian and plant cells the folates play a key role in the methylation cycle and in the DNA biosynthesis cycle (in the de novo biosynthesis of purines and pyrimidines). Deยฎciency of folate in the diet is likely to result in a reduction in the capacity to synthesise DNA and maintain the usual ra