Pteroyl monoglutamate

As shown in Figure 10.1, folic acid consists of a pteridine linked at C-9 to p-aminobenzoic acid, forming pteroic acid. The carboxyl group of the p-aminobenzoic acid moiety is linked by a peptide bond to the amino group of glutamate, forming pteroyl monoglutamate. 

Although the terms folic acid and folate are often used interchangeably, correctly/ofic acid refers to the oxidized compound, pteroyl monoglutamate, and the various tetrahydrofolate derivatives are collectively known as folates. 

The folate in foods consists of a mixture of the different one-carbon substituted derivatives, with varying numbers of conjugated glutamyl residues. The biological availability of these vitamers differs and is consistently lower than that of free folic acid (pteroyl monoglutamate), which is the compound that... 

Synonyms. Folacin Folinsyre Pteroylglutamic Acid Pteroyl-monoglutamic Acid. 

Synonyms cas 59-30-3 /-n-(p-(((-2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-pteridinyl) methyl>amino)BENZOYL)glutamicacid FOLACIN FOLATE FOLCYSTEINE PTEGLU PTEROYLGLUTAMC ACID PTEROYL-/-GLUTAMIC ACID PTEROYLMONOGLUTAMICACID PTEROYL-/-MONOGLUTAMIC ACID VITAMIN BC VITAMIN M... 

Much of the folacin in food is present as conjugated pteroyl polyglutamates. Soybean contains 40% monoglutamate analogues, but in cabbage 90% of folic acid is present in forms... 

PTEROYL-l-MONOGLUTAMIC ACID USAFCB-13 VITAMIN Be VITAMIN M... 

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