folate
Type: molecule Aliases: vitamin B9folates
- Systems Analogy An essential B-vitamin required to make new DNA and build healthy red blood cells.
- Formal Definition Vitamin B9; an essential coenzyme cofactor in one-carbon metabolism synthesized by gut bacteria, critical for DNA synthesis, repair, and methylation.
Mentioned In
- Moleculehomocysteine
Scientific Sources & Literature Citations
- [1] Empirical Study Yoshii 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."