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Definition of Pteroylglutamic acid
1. Noun. A B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction.
Generic synonyms: B, B Complex, B Vitamin, B-complex Vitamin, Vitamin B, Vitamin B Complex
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
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pteroylglutamic Acid
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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