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- adjective Describing an
amino acid in thevitamin B complex;folic (as inpteroylglutamic acid ).
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As a consequence, in 1998 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated that flour products in this country be fortified with folic acid (actually, pteroylglutamic acid, an extremely minor component of the folates in unfortified food).
Folic acid and cognitive impairment | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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