Folic acid-d4 is intended for use as an internal standard for the quantification of folic acid by GC- or LC-MS. Folic acid is an essential B vitamin.1 It is converted to folate in vivo, which is a necessary cofactor for a variety of biological processes, including nucleotide synthesis and, thus, DNA synthesis and repair, among others. A deficiency in dietary folic acid can lead to a range of developmental and cognitive disorders, most prominently neural tube defects and congenital heart defects.1,2,3
References
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2. Nair, M.K., Augustine, L.F., and Konapur, A. Food-based interventions to modify diet quality and diversity to address multiple micronutrient deficiency. Front. Public Health 3, 277 (2016).
3. Sarmah, S., Muralidharan, P., and Marrs, J.A. Common congenital anomalies: Environmental causes and prevention with folic acid containing multivitamins. Birth Defects Res. C Embryo Today 108(3), 274-286 (2016).