Three different metabolic pathways of folate

5-Methyltetrahydrofolate enters the body and participates directly in physiological activities, making it the most effective and direct source of folate.

Food folate is found in a variety of foods including liver, cereals, legumes, dark green leafy vegetables, oranges and eggs.
Food folate is present in the form of pteroyl polyglutamic acid and undergoes several different metabolic processes before it is converted to 5-methyltetrahydrofolate in the body for absorption and use. Therefore, food folate is not directly absorbed.
Three different metabolic pathways of folate
Because food folate is extremely unstable, in 1945, a team led by Dr Sabarro, working in a laboratory, chemically
The oxidised form of folate, also known as folic acid, was synthesised.
Folic Acid solved the stability problem of folate fortification and, with its low price, quickly became a hot new ingredient in the international health food market.
However, folic acid is deficient in the many metabolic processes required to convert it into 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, which is absorbed and used by the body.

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