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F7876

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Folic acid

≥97%

Synonym(s):

PteGlu, Pteroyl-L-glutamic acid, Vitamin M

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C19H19N7O6
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
441.40
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
100781
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
eCl@ss:
34058014
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.79

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biological source

synthetic (organic)

Quality Level

assay

≥97%

form

powder

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable

color

faint orange to dark orange-yellow
faint yellow to dark yellow

mp

>285 °C

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

NC(N1)=NC(C2=C1N=CC(CNC3=CC=C(C(N[C@@H](CCC(O)=O)C(O)=O)=O)C=C3)=N2)=O

InChI

1S/C19H19N7O6/c20-19-25-15-14(17(30)26-19)23-11(8-22-15)7-21-10-3-1-9(2-4-10)16(29)24-12(18(31)32)5-6-13(27)28/h1-4,8,12,21H,5-7H2,(H,24,29)(H,27,28)(H,31,32)(H3,20,22,25,26,30)/t12-/m0/s1

InChI key

OVBPIULPVIDEAO-LBPRGKRZSA-N

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application

Folic acid has been used:
  • to induce acute kidney injury in mice[1]
  • as a supplement to cultivate MCF-7 breast cancer cells.[2]
  • to construct folate or TNF-related apoptosis-including ligand (TRAIL)-conjugated nanomicelles[3]

Biochem/physiol Actions

Enzyme cofactor essential for the synthesis, methylation, and repair of DNA. Folic acid supplements may reduce colorectal cancer risk.
Folic acid (FA) and dihydrofolic acid (FAH2) are substrates of dihydrofolate reductase(s) which reduce them to tetrahydrofolate (THF), which in turn supports ‘one carbon′ transfer. Tetrahydrofolates are required for de novo synthesis of purines, thymidylic acid and various amino acids and for post-translational methylation (epigenetics).

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)


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Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of cell lysates mixed with silver nanoparticles for tumor classification.
Hassoun M, et al.
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 8, 1183-1183 (2017)
Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 Expression is increased in Multiple Organs in Mice with Folic Acid-induced Acute Kidney Injury.
Egli-Spichtig D, et al.
Frontiers in Physiology, 9, 1494-1494 (2018)
Romain Froquet et al.
Nature protocols, 4(1), 25-30 (2009-01-10)
Dictyostelium amoebae have been used as a host model to measure virulence of a wide range of bacterial pathogens. The simple protocol described here takes advantage of the ability of Dictyostelium to grow and form plaques on a lawn of
Novel water-borne polyurethane nanomicelles for cancer chemotherapy: higher efficiency of folate receptors than TRAIL receptors in a Cancerous Balb/C Mouse Model.
Ajorlou E, et al.
Pharmaceutical Research, 33(6), 1426-1439 (2016)
Silvia Ferrè et al.
Kidney international, 96(6), 1359-1373 (2019-10-12)
Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory state in response to infection, and concomitant acute kidney injury (AKI) increases mortality significantly. Endoplasmic reticulum stress is activated in many cell types upon microbial infection and modulates inflammation. The role of endoplasmic reticulum signaling

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