CHEBI:37445 - folic acids

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ChEBI Name folic acids
ChEBI ID CHEBI:37445
Definition A group of heterocyclic compounds based on the pteroic acid skeleton conjugated with one or more L-glutamic acid units.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:24074, CHEBI:24076
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): water-soluble vitamin (role)
Any vitamin that dissolves in water and readily absorbed into tissues for immediate use. Unlike the fat-soluble vitamins, they are not stored in the body and need to be replenished regularly in the diet and will rarely accumulate to toxic levels since they are quickly excreted from the body via urine.
(via B vitamin )
Application(s): nutraceutical
A product in capsule, tablet or liquid form that provide essential nutrients, such as a vitamin, an essential mineral, a protein, an herb, or similar nutritional substance.
(via B vitamin )
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing folic acids (CHEBI:37445) is a L-glutamic acid derivative (CHEBI:83982)
folic acids (CHEBI:37445) is a pterins (CHEBI:26375)
folic acids (CHEBI:37445) is a vitamin B9 (CHEBI:176842)
folic acids (CHEBI:37445) is conjugate acid of folates (CHEBI:67011)
Incoming 2-[[[4-[(2,4-diamino-6-pteridinyl)methyl-methylamino]phenyl]-oxomethyl]amino]pentanedioic acid (CHEBI:93775) is a folic acids (CHEBI:37445)
5,6-dihydrofolic acid (CHEBI:72335) is a folic acids (CHEBI:37445)
7-Hydroxymethotrexate (CHEBI:166565) is a folic acids (CHEBI:37445)
dihydrofolic acids (CHEBI:23743) is a folic acids (CHEBI:37445)
folic acid (CHEBI:27470) is a folic acids (CHEBI:37445)
Heptaglutamyl folic acid (CHEBI:89846) is a folic acids (CHEBI:37445)
Methopterine (CHEBI:183928) is a folic acids (CHEBI:37445)
Methotrexate hydrate (CHEBI:183819) is a folic acids (CHEBI:37445)
N-Nitrosofolic acid (CHEBI:82510) is a folic acids (CHEBI:37445)
tetrahydrofolic acid (CHEBI:26907) is a folic acids (CHEBI:37445)
tetrahydrofolyl glutamate (CHEBI:26908) is a folic acids (CHEBI:37445)
folates (CHEBI:67011) is conjugate base of folic acids (CHEBI:37445)
IUPAC Name
folates
Synonyms Sources
folate ChEBI
folates ChEBI
Last Modified
23 July 2021