folacin Biochem.
(ˈfəʊləsɪn, ˈfɒləsɪn)
Also -ine.
[f. folic ac(id + -in1.]
= folic acid (pteroylmonoglutamic acid).
| 1949 Jrnl. Laboratory & Clinical Med. XXXIV. 501 Evidence indicating rapid metabolic liberation of folacin (folic acid, pteroylglutamic acid) from teropterin (pteroyltriglumic acid). 1955 Chem. & Engin. News 6 June 2433/1 The pteroylglutamic acids may be designated generically as folic acids. The pure substance hitherto known as folic acid, folacine, or vitamin Bc shall be named pteroylmonoglutamic acid. |