Folic Acid

a substance belonging to the vitamin B complex, the main representative of the group of folic acids closely linked to it in the intermediate metabolism. An essential food component, contained in green plant leaves, liver, yeast, cow's milk and mother's milk (here covering the baby's needs). The total body stock amounts to 15 mg, the daily minimum requirement approx. 400 μg (it is partly covered by the biosynthesis of the substance by the intestinal flora). Is important andda. for biosynthesis of nucleic acids, blood formation and as coenzyme.