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Folate (Vitamin B9): Why we need it, dietary sources, and how we absorb and metabolize it

Lesson on Folate (Vitamin B9), metabolic pathways that require folate, dietary sources of folate, and the physiology of absorption and metabolism of folate. Folate is an essential water-soluble vitamin that is required for several different biological pathways. Because it is essential, we have to get folate from our diet. Folate is an important precursor for formation of cofactors required in purine and pyrimidine synthesis among others. Folate is absorbed through our gastrointestinal system and metabolized and eliminated via several processes.

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