Blood form of folic acid is -: (A) Folinic acid, (B) Pteroglutamate, (C) Methyl THE, (D) None
Answer is C. Ans. is 'c' i.e., Methyl THE Folic acid is absorbed in the jejunum. Following absorption, folic acid is transpoed in blood by two (3-globulins. The major circulating form is methyltetrahydrofolate and the normal concentration range is 5-15 ng/ml. Once it arrives in the liver, the methyl derivates are taken up by hepatocytes where various coenzyme are produced. o Folic acid is not stored in the body. Remembers Major circulating form of folic acid --0 methyl THE Major point of entery for 1 carbon transfer by substitued folate -4 methylene THE