folic acid

vitamin B9; nutrient essential for DNA synthesis
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q127060
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folic acid

Summary

folic acid is a type of chemical entity[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (848 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • folic acid's image is recorded as Folic acid crystals.jpg[3].
  • folic acid's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[4].
  • folic acid's chemical structure is recorded as Folic-acid.svg[5].
  • folic acid's GND ID is recorded as 4121288-5[6].
  • folic acid's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 59-30-3[7].
  • folic acid's EC number is recorded as 200-419-0[8].
  • folic acid's canonical SMILES is recorded as C1=CC(=CC=C1C(=O)NC(CCC(=O)O)C(=O)O)NCC2=CN=C3C(=N2)C(=O)N=C(N3)N[9].
  • folic acid's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C19H19N7O6/c20-19-25-15-14(17(30)26-19)23-11(8-22-15)7-21-10-3-1-9(2-4-10)16(29)24-12(18(31)32)5-6-13(27)28/h1-4,8,12,21H,5-7H2,(H,24,29)(H,27,28)(H,31,32)(H3,20,22,25,26,30)/t12-/m0/s1[10].
  • folic acid's InChIKey is recorded as OVBPIULPVIDEAO-LBPRGKRZSA-N[11].
  • folic acid's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85143995[12].
  • folic acid's ATC code is recorded as B03BB01[13].
  • folic acid's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12098719k[14].
  • folic acid's IdRef ID is recorded as 029340195[15].
  • folic acid's chemical formula is recorded as C₁₉H₁₉N₇O₆[16].
  • folic acid's subclass of is recorded as B9 vitamin[17].
  • folic acid's subclass of is recorded as pteridine[18].
  • folic acid's subclass of is recorded as folic acids[19].
  • folic acid's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00574353[20].
  • folic acid's part of is recorded as folic acid binding[21].
  • folic acid's part of is recorded as chemotaxis to folate[22].
  • folic acid's part of is recorded as folic acid metabolic process[23].
  • folic acid's part of is recorded as folic acid biosynthetic process[24].
  • folic acid's part of is recorded as folic acid catabolic process[25].
  • folic acid's part of is recorded as response to folic acid[26].
  • folic acid's part of is recorded as cellular response to folic acid[27].

Why It Matters

folic acid ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (848 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Library of Congress. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . general catalog of BnF. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . DrugBank. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Library of Congress. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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