Fresh fruits rich in folic acid: oranges, strawberries, cherries, bananas, lemons, peaches, plums, apricots, bayberry, begonia, Zizyphus jujuba, hawthorn, pomegranate, grapes, kiwifruit, strawberries, pears, walnuts, etc.
Animal food animal liver, kidney, poultry meat and eggs, such as pig liver and chicken.
One of the vitamin B complexes of folic acid, equivalent to pteroyl glutamic acid, was extracted and purified from spinach leaves by Mitchell, so it was named folic acid. It can promote the maturation of young cells in bone marrow. If people lack folic acid, it can cause megaloblastic anemia and leukopenia, which is especially important for pregnant women.
Extended data:
Functions of folic acid:
1, as a coenzyme of one carbon unit transferase system in biochemical reaction in vivo, plays the role of one carbon unit transporter.
2. Participate in the synthesis of purine and thymine, and further synthesize DNA and RNA.
3. Participate in amino acid metabolism, and act as the carrier of one carbon unit in the process of mutual transformation between glycine and serine, histidine and glutamic acid, and homocysteine and methionine.
4. Participate in the synthesis of hemoglobin and methyl compounds such as adrenaline, choline and creatine.
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