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Folic acid or folate is a B-complex vitamin known for many important health benefits. It is essential for red blood cell production thus helps to prevent anaemia. It is also important for preventing pregnancy defects. It is an extremely complicated vitamin with three primary components. These components are PABA (para aminobenzoic acid), glutamic acid, and pteridine. Interaction of folate or folic acid with human body is very complicated. A healthy body can only absorb fifty percent of folate from the available ingested food folate.