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Folate B12-cobalamin (made w/ cobalt) B6

Food Sources Vegetables, Folic acid Animal foods -Animal foods


HOES -Destroyed: high heat, storage,
processing
Digestion -Polyglutamate form -B12 freed by HCl and Pepsin -Plant- pyridoxine (PN)
-Carboxypeptidases, zinc dep. -Attached to R-protein -Animal- pyridoxal (PL) &
-Diminish: Acidic, alcoholism, -Attached to IF (parietal cells from Pyridoxamine (PM)
legumes, lentils, cabbage, oranges, stomach) travel to Distal ileum -Broken down by alkaline
pancreatic exocrine insufficiency phosphatase-zinc dependent
Absorption -Proximal small intestine, colon -Distal ileum -Passive diffusion
-PCFT or passive -Passive -JEJUNUM
-Becomes THF -May be excreted in bile and -Goes into portal blood
-In cells exist as THF, 5-methyl THF, reabsorbed= long half-life -PMP and PNP become PLP with
5,10 formyl THF riboflavin help
Pathways -serves as methyl donors -Homocysteine and Methionine -AA metabolism- shiff base, unstable
-AA metabolism Serine-Glycine metabolism bond around a-carbon
-Choline Degradation -5-methyl THF becomes THF with -Transamination- synthesize
-Histidine Degradation help of cobalamin, nonessential aa
-Methionine and Homocysteine -methylcobalamin, homocysteine -AST and ALT
metabolism with help of methionine synthase -Deanimation -excrete ammonium
Methionine and SAM synthesis and B12 becomes methionine. -Decarboxylation-remove CO2
-DNA and RNA RBC -DNA and RNA RBC -Transsulfhydration- cysteine from
-gene expression -Propionyl-CoA-LmethylMalonyl-Coa- methionine (homocysteine-
- Pyrimidine synthesis and purine Succinyl-CoA (TCA) cystathionine-cysteine)
synthesis -accumulation of acid and L-malonyl -transSelenium metabolism
causes myelin abnormal -Glycogen degradation
-Tryptophan-niacin
-Heme
-Sphingolipids
-converts THF- 5,10methylene THF
-Gene expression

Special notes Methyl-folate trap Methyl-folate trap Homocysteine-cystathionine-


-deficiency in B12 keeps 5-methyl cysteine
THF trapped in that instead of
becoming THF
-creates higher homocysteine levels
(CVD)
-impaired DNA synthesis
-Folate can overcome B12 deficiency
by having enough Folic acid, can fix
the anemia
-RDA pregnant 400ug, 600DFE
(neuro tube defects)
Populations at risk Chronic alcoholism, malabsorptive Older people, vegetarians + vegans, Chronic alcoholism, older adults,
disorder, pregnant people, parietal cell destruction (pernicious systemic inflammation, L-dopa
malabsorptive disorder, MTHFR anemia and atrophic gastritis), Parkinsons, isoniazid
polymorphism, dialysis alkaline pH
Distal ileum resection, gastric bypass,
CROHNS and CELIAC
Deficiency Bright red tongue, glossitis, -Tired, fatigue, skin pallor, Rare, dermatitis, weakness, fatigue,
shortening of villi in GI tract, hematological and neurological cheilosis, glossitis, angular stoma,
megaloblastic, macrocytic, systems, neurological (unsteady gait)
hyperchromic -megaloblastic macrocytic anemia microcytic hypochromic anemia
-parietal cell destruction
Toxicity 1000ug none 100mg, >200-neurological problems
Excess folic acid can mask B12
deficiency
N-N Zinc deficiency 500mg Vit C and Cobalt deficiency Change in AA pool
Synergistic relationship with B12 Niacin dificiency

N-M Carbamazepine, metformin, oral Proton-pump inhibitors, H2 blockers, Isoniazid, oral contraceptives, L-dopa
contraceptives, furosemide oral contraceptives, metformin Parkinsons

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