Folic acid and folates: the feasibility
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Scott, John; R�beill�, 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). De®ciency of folate in the diet is likely to result in a reduction in the capacity to synthesise DNA and maintain the usual ra