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. 1972 Jun;25(6):491–493. doi: 10.1136/jcp.25.6.491

The occurrence of folic acid (pteroyl-L-monoglutamic acid) in human blood serum after small oral doses

R J Leeming ^1,², Heather Portman-Graham ^1,², J A Blair ^1,²

PMCID: PMC477364 PMID: 4625432

Abstract

Human serum folates analysed by bioautography after oral doses of 0·5 mg folic acid (pteroyl-L-monoglutamic acid) show folic acid to be present.

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