Folicacid, methyl- is a nutrient that belongs to the vitamin B family. Folate is significant for the easy conversion of carbohydrates into glucose and is essential in red blood cell formation, cell division, detoxification, and the production of some neu
8-Deazafolicacid is a potent folate-dependent bacteria inhibitor, Streptococcus faecium (ATCC 8043) and Lactobacillus casei (ATCC 7469), and to have activity against lymphoid leukemia L1210 in mice.
Dihydrohomofolicacid is a substrate for dihydrofolate reductase that produces tetrahydro-homo folate which in turn suppresses thymidylate synthetase and then DNA synthesis.