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5-methyltetrahydrofolate

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5-methyltetrahydrofolate /5-meth·yl·tet·ra·hy·dro·fo·late/ (-tet″rah-hi″dro-fo´lāt) a derivative of folic acid that is the principal form of folic acid during transport and storage in the body and that also acts as a source of methyl groups for the regeneration of methionine.


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1991), which interferes with the uptake of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate and decreases total folate binding (Stevens and Tang 1997).
 
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