folic acid

folic acid

English

Etymology

From Latin folium (“leaf”), from its occurrence in leafy vegetables.

Noun

folic acid (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) A polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid, one of the vitamin B complex, essential for cell growth and reproduction

Synonyms

• vitamin B₉
• vitamin B_c
• vitamin M
• pteroylglutamic acid

Derived terms

• folate
• folyl

Translations

vitamin B9, a polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid

Basque: azido foliko Catalan: àcid fòlic m Chinese: Mandarin: 葉酸 (zh), 叶酸 (zh) (yèsuān) Czech: kyselina listová f Finnish: foolihappo French: acide folique (fr) m German: Folsäure (de) f

Hebrew: חומצה פולית‎ (khomtza folit) Icelandic: fólínsýra f Irish: aigéad fólach m Portuguese: ácido fólico m Scottish Gaelic: searbhag dhuilleagach f Serbo-Croatian: folna kiselina f Spanish: ácido fólico m Welsh: asid ffolig