Definition of Pteroylglutamic acid

1. Noun. A B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction.


Definition of Pteroylglutamic acid

1. Noun. (vitamin organic compound) The old name for folic acid, a polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid of the vitamin B complex, essential for cell growth and reproduction. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pteroylglutamic Acid

pteropodines
pteropodous
pteropods
pteropogon
pterosaur
pterosaurian
pterosaurians
pterosaurs
pterostigma
pterostigmata
pterostilbene
pterostilbenes
pteroyl
pteroyl glutamic acid
pteroylglutamic
pteroylglutamic acid (current term)
pteroylmonoglutamic acid
pteroyls
pterygia
pterygial
pterygiate
pterygiophore
pterygium
pterygiums
pterygoid
pterygoid muscle
pterygoid plexus
pterygoid process
pterygoids
pterygomaxillary

Literary usage of Pteroylglutamic acid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Thiersch and Philips (1950) in their experiment on the effect of 4-amino-pteroylglutamic acid (APGA) on early pregnancy reported that rats killed 23 days ..."

2. Food Chemicals Codex: First Supplement to the Fifth Edition by Committee on Food Chemicals Codex, Institute of Medicine (U. S.) (2006)
"... 924-925 Fungal (SAP), 925-926 Plant, 922-923 pteroylglutamic acid, 180-181 Public Access and Participation, xxi-xxiii Pullulanase. ..."

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