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The 24 hour urinary excretion of folic (FA) and folinic acid (CF) was determined in 51 healthy adults on unrestricted diets, using pad-plate microbiological assay. The 24 hour excretion of FA ranged from undetectable levels to 5.58 μg/24 hours with a mean of 1.17 and a stand. dev. of ± 1.92; while 24 hr excretion of CF ranged from 0.19-1.6 μg/24 hr with mean of 0.59 and a stand. dev. of ± 0.47.
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