Plasma homocysteine, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, is lowered by physiological amounts of folic acid. Folate status of gastrointestinal epithelial cells is not predicted by serum and red cell folate values in replete subjects. Influence of sulfasalazine and olsalamine on colonic epithelial cell folate contents in patients with ulcerative colitis. Homocysteine and cardiovascular disease. Implications for prevention.
Folate catabolism is related to growth rate in weanling rats.
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