Which vitamin is critical to allow the transformation of folate into an active form?
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Aug 15, 2017
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Explanation:
Folic acid is the synthetic form of vitamin B9.
This acid must remove homocysteine, so it's firstly converted to its active form: L-methylfolate (5-MTHF).
"All the biological functions of folic acid are performed by tetrahydrofolate and other derivatives". - according to Wikipedia.