PTEROYLGLUTAMIC ACID
\tˌɛɹɔ͡ɪlɡluːtˈamɪk ˈasɪd], \tˌɛɹɔɪlɡluːtˈamɪk ˈasɪd], \t_ˌɛ_ɹ_ɔɪ_l_ɡ_l_uː_t_ˈa_m_ɪ_k ˈa_s_ɪ_d]\
Definitions of PTEROYLGLUTAMIC ACID
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By Princeton University
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A member of the vitamin B family that stimulates the hematopoietic system. It is present in the liver and kidney and is found in mushrooms, spinach, yeast, green leaves, and grasses (POACEAE). Folic acid is used in the treatment and prevention of folate deficiencies and megaloblastic anemia.
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).