Folic Acid Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Folic Acid, including details on folate, deficiency, pregnancy, benefits, sources, side-effects.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 2 (February)

1. Greater maternal weight and the ongoing risk of neural tube defects after folic acid flour fortification.
   Obstet Gynecol, 105(2): 261-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Folate intake estimated with an updated database and its association to blood folate and homocysteine in Korean college students.
   Eur J Clin Nutr, 59(2): 246-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Sustained homocysteine-lowering effect over time of folic acid-based multivitamin therapy in stroke patients despite increasing folate status in the population.
   Cerebrovasc Dis, 19(2): 110-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Homocysteine versus the vitamins folate, B6, and B12 as predictors of cognitive function and decline in older high-functioning adults: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging.
   Am J Med, 118(2): 161-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Adjuvant sequential methotrexate --> 5-fluorouracil vs 5-fluorouracil plus leucovorin in radically resected stage III and high-risk stage II colon cancer.
   Br J Cancer, 92(1): 24-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. A nudix enzyme removes pyrophosphate from dihydroneopterin triphosphate in the folate synthesis pathway of bacteria and plants.
   J Biol Chem, 280(7): 5274-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Interactions of carboxypeptidase G2 with 6S-leucovorin and 6R-leucovorin in vitro: implications for the application in case of methotrexate intoxications.
   Cancer Chemother Pharmacol, 55(4): 347-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Serum folate and homocysteine levels in obese females with non-alcoholic fatty liver.
   Nutrition, 21(2): 137-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Renal tubular reabsorption of folate mediated by folate binding protein 1.
   J Am Soc Nephrol, 16(3): 608-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Dietary folate intake and k-ras mutations in sporadic colon and rectal cancer in The Netherlands Cohort Study.
    Int J Cancer, 114(5): 824-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. One-carbon metabolism, MTHFR polymorphisms, and risk of breast cancer.
    Cancer Res, 65(4): 1606-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. The role of folates in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
    Cancer Detect Prev, 29(1): 46-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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