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

Usage notes

Do not confuse folic acid (a vitamin) with folinic acid (a chemotherapeutic medication).

Coordinate terms

• folate (coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)

Translations

vitamin B9, a polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid

• Basque: azido foliko
• Catalan: àcid fòlic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 葉酸／叶酸 (zh) (yèsuān)

• Czech: kyselina listová f
• Dutch: foliumzuur (nl) n, folaat
• Finnish: foolihappo
• French: acide folique (fr) m
• German: Folsäure (de) f
• Hebrew: חומצה פולית (khomtza folit)
• Hungarian: folsav (hu)
• Icelandic: fólínsýra f
• Irish: aigéad fólach m
• Italian: acido folico (it) m
• Japanese: 葉酸 (ja) (yousan)
• Macedonian: фолна киселина f (folna kiselina)
• Portuguese: ácido fólico m
• Russian: фо́лиевая кислота́ (ru) f (fólijevaja kislotá)
• Scottish Gaelic: searbhag dhuilleagach f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фолна киселѝна f

  Roman: folna kiselìna f

• Spanish: ácido fólico m
• Welsh: asid ffolig