Folate, folic acid and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate are not the same thing

Is 5-methyltetrahydrofolate an alternative to folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects?

(2013) Rima Obeid et al.   JOURNAL OF PERINATAL MEDICINE

Efficacy of folic acid supplementation in cardiovascular disease prevention: An updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

(2012) Hsin-Ta Yang et al.   European Journal of Internal Medicine

Micronutrient deficiencies in inflammatory bowel disease: From A to zinc

(2012) Caroline Hwang et al.   INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES

Nutrition and vascular dementia

(2012) L. Perez et al.   Journal of Nutrition Health & Aging

The effect of folic acid based homocysteine lowering on cardiovascular events in people with kidney disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

(2012) M. J. Jardine et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Folate intake and risk of colorectal cancer and adenoma: modification by time

(2011) Jung Eun Lee et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Prevention of Neural-Tube Defects with Periconceptional Folic Acid, Methylfolate, or Multivitamins?

(2011) Andrew E. Czeizel et al.   ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM

Folate and related micronutrients, folate-metabolising genes and risk of ovarian cancer

(2011) P M Webb et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Associations between serum homocysteine, holotranscobalamin, folate and cognition in the elderly: a longitudinal study

(2011) B. Hooshmand et al.   JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Effect of Folic Acid Supplementation on Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

(2011) Yu-Hao Zhou et al.   PLoS One

Nutritional determinants of cognitive aging and dementia

(2011) Martha C. Morris   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY

Human Folate Bioavailability

(2011) Veronica E. Ohrvik et al.   Nutrients

Folic Acid Food Fortification—Its History, Effect, Concerns, and Future Directions

(2011) Krista S. Crider et al.   Nutrients

Folate bioavailability from breads and a meal assessed with a human stable-isotope area under the curve and ileostomy model

(2010) Veronica E Öhrvik et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Quantification of isotope-labelled and unlabelled folates in plasma, ileostomy and food samples

(2010) Barbara E. Büttner et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Genetic and lifestyle variables associated with homocysteine concentrations and the distribution of folate derivatives in healthy premenopausal women

(2010) Carolyn M. Summers et al.   BIRTH DEFECTS RESEARCH PART A-CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR TERATOLOGY

Folic Acid and L-5-Methyltetrahydrofolate

(2010) Klaus Pietrzik et al.   CLINICAL PHARMACOKINETICS

Overview of homocysteine and folate metabolism. With special references to cardiovascular disease and neural tube defects

(2010) Henk J. Blom et al.   JOURNAL OF INHERITED METABOLIC DISEASE

[6S]-5-methyltetrahydrofolate increases plasma folate more effectively than folic acid in women with the homozygous or wild-type 677C→T polymorphism of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase

(2009) R Prinz-Langenohl et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Membrane transporters and folate homeostasis: intestinal absorption and transport into systemic compartments and tissues

(2009) Rongbao Zhao et al.   EXPERT REVIEWS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE

The extremely slow and variable activity of dihydrofolate reductase in human liver and its implications for high folic acid intake

(2009) S. W. Bailey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Role of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677C->T polymorphism in the development of premature myocardial infarction

(2008) Loukianos S. Rallidis et al.   ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Mefolinate (5-methyltetrahydrofolate), but not folic acid, decreases mortality in an animal model of severe methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase deficiency

(2008) D. Li et al.   JOURNAL OF INHERITED METABOLIC DISEASE

Apical membrane targeting and trafficking of the human proton-coupled transporter in polarized epithelia

(2007) Veedamali S. Subramanian et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY