CITROVORUM FACTOR


Meaning of CITROVORUM FACTOR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sə-ˈträ-və-rəm- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin citrovorum, specific epithet of Leuconostoc citrovorum, bacterium that requires this form of folic acid

Date: 1948

: a metabolically active form of folic acid that has been used in cancer therapy to protect normal cells against methotrexate

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