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International Journal of Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJASEAT)-IJASEAT
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Issue
Volume-5, Issue-4, Spl. Iss-1  ( Nov, 2017 )
Paper Title
Synthetic Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy Increases the Risk of Neonatal Jaundice in Newborns
Author Name
Sorushniknamian, Mina Barghamadi
Affilition
Bs.c., General Biology Student at IAUCTB University, Active member of American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), Biochemical Society of England-Charles Darwin House and gifted member of Weston A. Price Foundation. Bs.c. in Educational Technology, Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
Pages
25-28
Abstract
Folate is easily and naturally absorbed and utilized by the body when it is metabolized in the small intestines. On the other hand, folic acid, which was first introduced around the 1940s and added to the prenatal supplements of pregnant women, requires the presence of a specific enzyme named dihydrofolate reductase, which is relatively rare in the body especially during pregnancy.The reason why synthetic form of folic acid supplementation by pregnant women should be replaced by natural folate, is that High folic acid intake by pregnant women will mask or may cause the vitamin b12 deficiency, which is one of the leading cause of increasing serum bilirubin in the blood of neonates. Keywords - Neonatal Jaundice, Folic acid, Pregnancy, Vitamin B12
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