folate
Type: molecule Aliases: vitamin B9 folates
Systems Analogy
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Vitamin B9; an essential coenzyme cofactor in one-carbon metabolism synthesized by gut bacteria, critical for DNA synthesis, repair, and methylation.
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Scientific Sources & Verbatim Definitions
- Empirical StudyYoshii K, et al. Metabolism of Dietary and Microbial B Vitamins in the Regulation of Host Immunity. Front Nutr. 2019;6:48. ↗
"Folate synthesized by gut microbiota plays a major role in cellular regulation."