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tetrahydrofolic acid

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tetrahydrofolic acid /tet·ra·hy·dro·fo·lic ac·id/ (-hi″dro-fo´lik) a form of folic acid in which the pteridine ring is fully reduced; it is the parent compound of a variety of coenzymes that serve as carriers of one-carbon groups in metabolic reactions; in dissociated form, called tetrahydrofolate. Abbreviated THF.


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