Folic acid is a B complex water-soluble vitamin that is essential to humans, and its deficiency can cause problems including congenital malformations in the fetus as well as heart disease. Most countries affected by diseases ...

Background:In 2000, Chile’s Ministry of Health mandated fortification ofwheat flour with folic acid at a concentration of 2.2 mg/kg to prevent neuraltube defects (NTDs), resulting in a 50% reduction in NTD prevalence. ...

In this work, magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers (MMIPs) were synthesized and tested for the determination of folic acid (FA) in different food samples. The MMIPs were polymerized at the surface of Fe3O4@SiO2 magnetic ...

© 2016, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All right reserved.Background: The effect of food fortification with folic acid on the incidence of lip-palate fissures (FLP) is under discussion. Aim: To calculate the rate of hospital ...

Objective: To establish the serum levels of folic acid in a group of adult patients. Methods: Measurement of folic acid using immunoassay in 1797 subjects. Measures of central tendency and 95% CI were calculated. Age groups ...

AgSIE was used for the direct analysis of folic acid (FA), with a detection limit and lower level of quantitation of 6.8 x10-10 mol L-1 and 2.3 x 10 8 mol L-1. The analysis in fresh and processed fruits was done without ...