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 6 (June)

1. Folate and its preventive potential in colorectal carcinogenesis. How strong is the biological and epidemiological evidence?
   Crit Rev Oncol Hematol, 55(1): 13-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Effect of folate-binding protein on intestinal transport of folic acid and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate across Caco-2 cells.
   Eur J Nutr, 44(4): 242-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Vitamin B12, homocysteine and carotid plaque in the era of folic acid fortification of enriched cereal grain products.
   CMAJ, 172(12): 1569-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Decrease of carotid intima-media thickness in patients at risk to cerebral ischemia after supplementation with folic acid, Vitamins B6 and B12.
   Atherosclerosis, 181(1): 131-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Dietary intake of folate and riboflavin, MTHFR C677T genotype, and colorectal adenoma risk: a Dutch case-control study.
   Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 14(6): 1562-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Is the association with fiber from foods in colorectal cancer confounded by folate intake?
   Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 14(6): 1552-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. An intervention study to increase knowledge and use of folic acid among relatives in neural tube defect-affected families in Washington, D.C.
   Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol, 73(6): 424-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Comparative folate metabolism in humans and malaria parasites (part II): activities as yet untargeted or specific to Plasmodium.
   Trends Parasitol, 21(7): 334-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Affinity and rate constants for interactions of bovine folate-binding protein and folate derivatives determined by optical biosensor technology. Effect of stereoselectivity.
   J Agric Food Chem, 53(13): 5473-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Quantitation of N2-[1-(1-carboxy)ethyl]folic acid, a nonenzymatic glycation product of folic acid, in fortified foods and model cookies by a Stable isotope dilution assay.
    J Agric Food Chem, 53(13): 5116-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Crystal structure of heterotetrameric sarcosine oxidase from Corynebacterium sp. U-96.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 333(2): 359-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Effect of lowering of homocysteine levels on inflammatory markers: a randomized controlled trial.
    Arch Intern Med, 165(12): 1388-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Folate-related genes and omphalocele.
    Am J Med Genet A, 136(1): 8-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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