Folic Acid

In some countries, this medicine may only be approved for veterinary use.

In the US, Folic Acid (folic acid systemic) is a member of the drug class vitamins and is used to treat Anemia - Megaloblastic and Folic Acid Deficiency.

US matches:

• Folic Acid


• Folic Acid Capsules


• Folic Acid XTRA


• Folic Acid with Vitamin B6 and B12


• Folic Acid/Cyanocobalamin


• Folic Acid/Iron/Vitamin C


• Folic Acid/Vitamin B6/Vitamin B12/Omega-3 Acids/Phytosterols


• Folic Acid/Vitamin B6/Vitamin B12/Omega-3 Fatty Acids/Biotin/Chromium


• Folic acid Oral, Injection


• Folic Acid/Cobalamin/Pyridoxine Hydrochloride

UK matches:

• Folic Acid 5mg Tablets (Wockhardt UK Ltd)
• Folic Acid Tablets 5mg
• Folic Acid 2.5mg/5ml Oral Solution (SPC)
• Folic Acid 5mg Tablets (SPC)
• Folic Acid Tablets BP 5mg (SPC)

Scheme

Rec.INN

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

B03BB01

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0000059-30-3

Chemical Formula

C19-H19-N7-O6

Molecular Weight

441

Therapeutic Categories

Antianemic agent

Prophylactic

Vitamin B-complex

Chemical Name

L-Glutamic acid, N-[4-[[(2-amino-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-6-pteridinyl)methyl]amino]benzoyl]-

Foreign Names

• Acidum folicum (Latin)
• Folsäure (German)
• Acide folique (French)
• Acido folico (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Acide folique (OS: DCF)
• Acido folico (OS: DCIT)
• Folic Acid (OS: BAN, JAN)
• Pteroylglutamic acid (IS)
• Pteroyl-glutaminsäure (IS)
• Vitamin B₁0 (IS)
• Vitamin B₁1 (IS)
• Vitamin Bc (IS)
• Acidum folicum (PH: Ph. Int. 4, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Folic Acid (PH: BP 2010, Ph. Eur. 6, Ph. Int. 4, USP 32, JP XIV)
• Folique (acide) (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Folsäure (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Natrium hydrogenfolat (IS)
• Sodium folate (IS)
• Sodium pteroylgutamate (IS)

Brand Names

• A.f. Valdecasas
  Valdecasas, Mexico



• Acfol
  Italfarmaco, Spain; ITF, Portugal



• Acide Folique CCD
  CCD, France; CCD, Luxembourg



• Acido Folico Aspol
  Interpharma, Spain



• Acido Folico Ecar
  Ecar, Colombia



• Acido Folico Fada
  Fada, Argentina



• Ácido Fólico GMP
  Giempi, Venezuela



• Acido Folico L.CH.
  Chile, Chile



• Acido Folico La Santé
  La Santé, Colombia



• Acido Folico Merck
  Merck, Colombia



• Acido Folico Omega
  Omega, Argentina



• Acido Folico Vannier
  Vannier, Argentina



• Acido Folico
  A.M. Farma Activ, Argentina; Arion, Peru; Calidad, Venezuela; ECU, Ecuador; Genéricos Venezolanos, Venezuela; Hersil, Peru; Infarmasa, Peru; Iqfarma, Peru; Merck, Ecuador; Meyer, Venezuela; Pifano, Venezuela; Proula, Venezuela; Rider, Chile; Roemmers, Venezuela; Sundown, Peru; Sunshine, Peru



• Acidum folicum Hänseler
  Hänseler, Switzerland



• Acidum Folicum Leciva
  Leciva, Czech Republic; Zentiva, Slovakia



• Acidum folicum Streuli
  Streuli Pharma, Switzerland



• Acidum Folicum
  Hasco, Poland; Polfa Grodzisk, Poland; Polfarmex, Poland



• Acifol
  Dominguez, Argentina; Zentiva, Romania



• Acifolik
  Hasco, Poland



• Afoklin
  Roemmers, Venezuela



• Aktiferrin Compositum (Folic Acid and Ferrous Sulfate)
  Merckle, Russian Federation



• Andreafol
  Andreabal, Switzerland



• Anelat
  Ifars, Indonesia



• Anemidox
  Merck, Argentina



• Anfolic
  TRB, Argentina



• Apo-Folic
  Apotex, Canada; Apotex, New Zealand; Apotex, Vietnam



• Bialfoli
  Bial, Spain



• Biolfolic
  Biol, Argentina



• Calciumfolinat Ebewe
  Ebewe, Lithuania



• Calciumfolinat-Ebewe
  Ebewe, Poland



• Caramelos
  Hoisin, Argentina



• Cefovit
  Rowe, Dominican Republic



• Clonfolic
  Clonmel, Ireland



• Coflic
  Baliarda, Argentina



• Conacid
  Purissimus, Argentina



• DreisaFol
  Teva-Gry, Germany



• Drossafol
  Drossapharm, Switzerland



• Efol-er
  Beximco, Bangladesh



• Egestan Folico
  Elea, Argentina



• Endofolin
  Marjan, Brazil



• Falcifor
  Fluter, Dominican Republic



• Fefol
  GlaxoSmithKline, Ethiopia



• Fefol (Folic Acid and Ferrous Sulfate)
  GlaxoSmithKline, Bahrain; Intrapharm, Ireland; SmithKline Beecham, Oman



• Feofol (Folic Acid and Ferrous Sulfate)
  Vianex / BIANEΞ, Greece



• Feranin Fol (Folic Acid and Iron Polymaltose)
  Vifor, Peru



• Fero-Folic (Folic Acid and Ferrous Sulfate)
  Teofarma, Greece



• Ferose (Folic Acid and Iron Polymaltose)
  Spimaco, Oman



• Ferran Fol (Folic Acid and Iron Polymaltose)
  Welfark, Peru



• Ferrifol (Folic Acid and Ferrous Sulfate)
  Iqfarma, Peru



• Ferro Gyn (Folic Acid and Ferrous Glycine Sulfate)
  Schwarz, Peru



• Ferro sanol gyn (Folic Acid and Ferrous Glycine Sulfate)
  Sanol, Germany; Schwarz, Germany



• Ferro sanolfol (Folic Acid and Ferrous Glycine)
  UCB-Pharma, Switzerland



• Ferro-Folsan (Folic Acid and Ferrous Sulfate)
  Desma, Germany



• Ferrograd Fol (Folic Acid and Ferrous Sulfate)
  Teofarma, Austria



• Ferrograd Folic (Folic Acid and Ferrous sulfate)
  Abbott, New Zealand; Teofarma, United Kingdom



• Ferrum Fol Hausmann (Folic Acid and Iron Polymaltose)
  Nycomed, Greece



• Fertifol
  Effik, Switzerland; Effik, Italy



• Filicine
  Adelco, Greece; Adelco, Malta



• Fol Lichtenstein
  Winthrop, Germany



• Folac
  Otto, Indonesia; Ronava, Venezuela



• Folacid
  ITF, Chile; Synteza, Poland



• Folacin
  Jadran, Bosnia & Herzegowina; Jadran, Croatia (Hrvatska); Jadran, Russian Federation; Johnson, Taiwan; Pfizer, Sweden; Salus, Slovenia



• Folacite
  Erlimpex, Indonesia



• Folacom
  Combiphar, Indonesia



• Folan
  Farmakos, Serbia



• Folaport
  Richmond, Argentina



• Folarell
  Sanorell, Germany



• Folas
  Landson, Indonesia



• Folavit
  Kela, Belgium; Kela, Luxembourg; Sanbe, Indonesia



• Folaxin
  Metiska, Indonesia



• Folbiol
  I.E. Ulagay, Turkey



• Folcur
  1A Pharma, Germany



• Folet
  Centaur, India



• Folgamma
  Wörwag Pharma, Germany



• Folgamma (Folic Acid and Cyanocobalamin)
  Wörwag Pharma, Germany



• Foli Doce (Folic Acid and Cyanocobalamin)
  Italfarmaco, Spain



• Foliagen
  Roux-Ocefa, Argentina



• Foliamin
  Nihon Seiyaku, Japan; Takeda, Thailand



• Folic Acid & Vitamin B12 Injection (Folic Acid and Cyanocobalamin (veterinary use))
  Nature Vet, Australia; Value Plus Animal Health Care, Australia



• Folic Acid Injection
  Phebra, Australia



• Folic Acid Sopharma
  Sopharma, Bulgaria



• Folic Acid
  APP, United States; Biomed, New Zealand; Cadista, United States; Contract, United States; CP, Malta; DHA, Singapore; Excellium, United States; InvaGen, United States; Jaffar Pharmacy, Bahrain; Maccabi Care, Israel; Mutual, United States; NBTY, United States; Nexgen, United States; Pharmax, United States; Rekah, Israel; Remedica, Cyprus; Riyad Pharma, Oman; Sam-On, Israel; Teva USA, United States; The Nile Company, Ethiopia; Watson, United States; West-Ward, United States; Wockhardt, Georgia



• Folic Acid (veterinary use)
  Value Plus Animal Health Care, Australia



• Folic (veterinary use)
  CTS, Israel; Troy Laboratories, Australia



• Folicard
  Tynor, Philippines



• Folicare
  Pharmacare, Bahrain; Riyad Pharma, Oman; Rosemont, United Kingdom



• Folic-B12 (Folic Acid and Hydroxocobalamin (veterinary use))
  Troy Laboratories, Australia



• Folicet
  Mission, United States



• Folicil
  Bial, Portugal; Bial - Portela, Malta



• Folicombin (Folic Acid and Ammonium Iron Sulphate)
  Mibe, Germany



• Folicron (Folic Acid and Ferrous Sulfate)
  Julphar, Bahrain; Julphar, Oman



• Folicum
  Julphar, Bahrain; Julphar, Oman; Julphar, Tunisia



• Folidex
  Italfarmaco, Italy; ITF, Greece



• Folifem
  Biofarm, Poland



• FolifeminaF
  Maver, Chile



• Foliferron (Folic Acid and Ferrous Fumarate)
  Teofarma, Spain



• Folifort
  Biofarm, Poland



• Folik
  Polfa Grodzisk, Poland



• Folimax
  Panalab, Argentina



• Folimen
  Menarini, Costa Rica; Menarini, Dominican Republic; Menarini, Guatemala; Menarini, Honduras; Menarini, Nicaragua; Menarini, Panama; Menarini, El Salvador



• Folimet
  DOC Medical, Denmark



• Folinemic
  Bagó, Argentina



• Folinsyra Actavis
  Actavis, Iceland



• Folinsyre SAD
  SAD, Denmark



• Folisanin
  Sanitas, Chile



• Folison
  Jayson, Bangladesh



• Folitab
  Kuwait Saudi, Bahrain; Kuwait Saudi Pharmaceutical Industries Co. - KSPICO, Oman



• Foliumzuur Actavis
  Actavis, Netherlands



• Foliumzuur Katwijk
  Apotex Europe, Netherlands



• Foliumzuur Kring
  Kring, Netherlands



• Foliumzuur PCH
  Pharmachemie, Netherlands



• Foliumzuur ratiopharm
  ratiopharm, Netherlands



• Foliumzuur Samenwerkende Apothekers
  Samenwerkende Apothekers, Netherlands



• Foliumzuur Sandoz
  Sandoz, Netherlands



• Foliver
  Verman, Finland



• Folivital
  Silanes, Mexico



• Folnak
  Sigmapharm, Serbia



• Folovit
  Polfarmex, Poland



• Folrex
  SM Pharma, Venezuela



• Folsan
  Solvay, Austria; Solvay, Germany



• Folsäure AbZ
  AbZ, Germany



• Folsäure Dr. Hotz
  Riemser, Germany



• Folsäure Heumann
  Heumann, Germany



• Folsäure Lomapharm
  Lomapharm, Germany



• Folsäure Sandoz
  Sandoz, Germany



• Folsäure Solvay
  Solvay, Austria; Solvay, Germany



• Folsäure Stada
  Stada, Germany



• Folsäure-biosyn
  Biosyn, Germany



• Folsäure-CT
  CT Arzneimittel, Germany



• Folsäure-Hevert
  Hevert, Germany



• Folsäure-Injektopas
  Pascoe, Germany



• Folsäure-ratiopharm
  Ratiopharm, Germany



• Folsav
  Valeant, Hungary



• Folsyra Evolan
  Evolan, Sweden



• Folverlan
  Verla, Germany



• Folvite
  Meda, Finland; Valeant Pharmaceuticals Switzerland GmbH, Switzerland



• Galfer (Folic Acid and Ferrous fumarate)
  Thornton & Ross, Ireland



• Gestafol
  Sherfarma, Peru



• Gestiferrol (Folic Acid and Ferrous Fumarate)
  Kela, Belgium



• Glicolic
  Roemmers, Peru



• Gravi-Fol
  Asconex, Germany



• Gyno-Tardyferon (Folic Acid and Ferrous Sulfate)
  Pierre Fabre, Greece; Robapharm, Switzerland



• Hämatopan F (Folic Acid and Ferrous Sulfate)
  Wolff, Germany



• Huma-Folacid
  Teva, Hungary



• Ingafol
  Inga, India



• Ironic (Folic Acid and Ferrous sulfate)
  National Pharmaceutical Industries Co. - NPI, Oman



• Kendural Fol (Folic Acid and Ferrous Sulfate)
  Teofarma, Germany



• Kwas foliowy
  Puritan, Poland



• Lafol
  Valeant, Germany



• Lexpec
  Rosemont, Bahrain; Rosemont, United Kingdom



• Livifol
  Biosintex, Argentina



• Macrofol Vitamin B12 & Folic Acid (Folic Acid and Cyanocobalamin (veterinary use))
  Ranvet, Australia



• Maltofer Fol (Folic Acid and Iron Polymaltose)
  Combiphar, Indonesia; Vifor, Slovakia; ViforInternational, Switzerland; ABL, Peru



• Materfol
  CMD, Mexico



• Materfolic
  Farmoquimica, Brazil



• Megafol
  Alphapharm, Australia



• Minofer (Folic Acid and Iron)
  Minova, India



• Neurofol
  Qualipharm, Guatemala



• Normovite (Folic Acid and Ferrous Glucoheptonate)
  Normon, Spain



• Nufolic
  Nufarindo, Indonesia



• Nycoplus Folsyre
  Nycomed, Norway



• Plastulen duo (Folic Acid and Ferrous Sulfate)
  Stada, Germany



• Preconceive
  Lane, Malta



• Prefol
  Unimed & Unihealth, Bangladesh



• Pregaday (Folic Acid and Ferrous Fumarate)
  UCB Pharma, United Kingdom



• Pregamal (Folic Acid and Ferrous Fumarate)
  GlaxoSmithKline, South Africa



• Prinac
  Collins, Mexico



• Ronfolic
  Rontag, Argentina



• Sojar
  Sojar, Argentina



• Speciafoldine
  Sanofi-Aventis, France



• SPMC Folic Acid
  SPMC, Sri Lanka



• Suprafol
  Investi, Argentina



• Tanvimil Folico
  Raymos, Argentina



• Tardyferon-Fol (Folic Acid and Ferrous Sulfate)
  Pierre Fabre, Germany; Pierre Fabre, Poland



• Tardyferon-Fol (Folic Acid and Ferrous Sulfate (veterinary use))
  Germania, Austria



• Terovit
  Gaco, Bangladesh



• Thompson's Folic Acid
  Thompson, New Zealand



• Topred (Folic Acid and Fe ascorbate)
  Solitaire, India



• Vifolin
  Arab Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Co. LTD. - APM, Oman



• Vitafolic
  Schering, Peru



• Vitamin B12-Hevert + Folsäure-Hevert (Folic Acid and Cyanocobalamin)
  Hevert, Germany



• Vomilat (Folic Acid and Pyridoxine)
  Kalbe, Indonesia



• Zanitra
  Saidal, Algeria



• Zolico
  Italfarmaco, Spain



• Ca-Folinat O.R.C.A.-Pharm
  O.R.C.A., Germany



• Folina
  Marvecs, Italy



• Tifol
  Krka, Slovenia



• VoriNa
  Pharmachemie, Latvia

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

BAN	British Approved Name
DCF	Dénomination Commune Française
DCIT	Denominazione Comune Italiana
IS	Inofficial Synonym
JAN	Japanese Accepted Name
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
Rec.INN	Recommended International Nonproprietary Name (World Health Organization)
SPC	Summary of Product Characteristics (UK)

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