title: Levels of folic acid in plasma and in red blood cells of colorectal cancer patients.
abstract: The levels of folic acid have been determined by radioimmunological method in the plasma and in the red blood cells of normal subjects and colorectal cancer patients. A decrease was evident both in the plasma and erythrocytes of cancer patients. The possible reasons and applications of this observation are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Biochimica e di Enzimologia, Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Porcelli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Frosi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rosi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arezzini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Civitelli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tanzini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marinello
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D005492:Folic Acid