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C20H25N7O6
459.5 g/mol
API

Levomefolic acid

CAS31690-09-2
Category
API
Compound Class
Organic Acid
Primary Use
Pharmaceutical Raw Material

Levomefolic acid is a naturally occurring form of folate and the primary active metabolite of folic acid. It serves as a human metabolite and is a tetrahydrofolic acid derivative with a methyl group substitution at the 5-position.

pharmaceutical raw material for folate supplementationactive ingredient in pharmaceutical manufacturing

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Identifiers
IUPAC Name

(2S)-2-[[4-[[(6S)-2-amino-5-methyl-4-oxo-3,6,7,8-tetrahydropteridin-6-yl]methylamino]benzoyl]amino]pentanedioic acid

InChIKey

ZNOVTXRBGFNYRX-STQMWFEESA-N

SMILES

CN1[C@H](CNC2=C1C(=O)NC(=N2)N)CNC3=CC=C(C=C3)C(=O)N[C@@H](CCC(=O)O)C(=O)O

Synonyms (41)
  • L-5-MTHF
  • LMSR
  • THH
  • Levomefolic acid (USAN/INN)
  • (6S)-5-MTHF
  • (6S)-5-methyltetrahydrofolate
  • 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate
  • 5-mthf
  • Acide levomefolique
  • Acido levomefolico
  • Deplin
  • L-5-Methyltetrahydrofolate
  • L-methylfolate
  • L-methyltetrahydrofolate
  • Levomefolic acid
  • Levomefolinic acid
  • Metafolin (TN)
  • Nutrifolin
  • acidum levomefolicum