How does folic acid cure heart attacks?

Circulation. 2008 Apr 8;117(14):1772-4. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.766105.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Triphosphate / biosynthesis
  • Animals
  • Carbon / metabolism
  • Cardiotonic Agents / pharmacology
  • Cardiotonic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Endothelium, Vascular / drug effects
  • Endothelium, Vascular / metabolism
  • Folic Acid / pharmacology
  • Folic Acid / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Hyperhomocysteinemia / drug therapy
  • Methylation
  • Myocardial Infarction / drug therapy*
  • Myocardial Infarction / prevention & control
  • Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / prevention & control*
  • Nitric Oxide / metabolism
  • Oxidative Stress / drug effects
  • Prodrugs / pharmacology
  • Prodrugs / therapeutic use*
  • Purines / biosynthesis*
  • Rats
  • Tetrahydrofolates / physiology

Substances

  • Cardiotonic Agents
  • Prodrugs
  • Purines
  • Tetrahydrofolates
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Carbon
  • 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate
  • Adenosine Triphosphate
  • Folic Acid
  • 5-methyltetrahydrofolate