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Folinic Acid

The active form of folic acid (5-formyltetrahydrofolate), in use since the 1950s: it protects healthy cells after high-dose methotrexate and enhances the effect of 5-fluorouracil in the treatment of colorectal cancer. This family brings together the active ingredient, pharmacopoeial impurities, nitrosamines and other impurities.

Did you know?It was described in 1948 as a growth factor needed by the bacterium Leuconostoc citrovorum, the 'citrovorum factor': hence its other name, leucovorin.

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Folinic AcidActive ingredientFolinic AcidCat. No. P-F109-001CAS 58-05-9

EDQM standards 1

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

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