IMPORTANCE OF FOLIC ACID IN OUR HUMAN BODY

1. SCRIPT WRITING ON IMPORTANCE OF FOLIC ACID IN
HUMAN BODY
BY,
SHARMISTHA GUR
VIHARILAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
B-ED 2018 - 2020
2nd SEM
FOLIC ACID IN HUMAN BODY

2. FOLIC ACID IN HUMAN BODY

3. INTRODUCTION
• The term “folic” is form the Latin
word ‘folium’ which means leaf
• The term was first coined by
Mitchell in 1941
• found in leafy vegetables like
spinach
• vitamin B9

4. CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF FOLIC ACID
• As a chemical compound , folic acid or vitamin B9 contains carbon ,
hydrogen , oxygen , and nitrogen.
• It also contains Pteridin , Para -amino benzoic acid and Glutamic acid .
• pteroylglutamic acid (PGA).

5. Principal Sources in
Food
NAME OF THE
FOOD STUFF
DIETARY FOLATE
(μg/100g)
1. Liver
(sheep/goat)
180
2.pulses 112
3.Egg 78
4.Leafy vegetables 50
5.Chicken ( meat) 19
6. Cow milk 8.5
7.fish 5.4
8. Other vegetables 5

6. ICMR RDA OF FOLIC ACID
GROUP DIETARY FOLATE (μg/day)
1. Man 200
2.Woman 200
A. Pregnancy 500
B. Lactation 300
3.Infants 25
4.Children ( 1 to 9 yrs) 80 -120
5. Boys and girls ( 10 yrs to
17yrs)
140- 200

7. FUNCTIONS OF VITAMIN B9
FUNCTION
Production
of RBCs
Production
of WBCs.
Protein
metabolism
Formation of the brain,
spinal cord

8. DEFICIENCY OF VITAMIN B9
Cardiovascular disease
Spina bifida
Anencephaly

9. PEOPLE AT HIGH RISK OF VITAMIN B9 DEFICIENCY

10. FOLATE-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA
• Folate deficiency anaemia is the
lack of folic acid in the blood.
• megaloblastic anaemia.
• It also leads to neural tube
defect.
Treatment

11. CONCLUSION
Folic acid plays and important role in synthesis of nucleic acid also
needed for the normal development of red blood cells in the marrow.
The laboratory diagnosis of folate deficiency is based on measurement
of serum and red blood cell folate concentrations, usually by
microbiological assay.

12. REFERENCES
• http://www.nutrientsreview.com/vitamins/vitamin-b9-folate-folic-acid.html
• www.wikilectures.eu/w/Vitamin_B9
• https://www.naturale.co.za/article/vitamin-b9/
• DR. Anindita ray( charavarti) , an introduction to food and nutrition, oriental
book company pvt.limited
• K.park , Park,s textbook of preventive and social medicine ; M/s banarsidas
bhanot publishers ; 21st edition feb ,2011