Detailed studies were undertaken to better define the role of the liver and the folate enterohepatic cycle in folate homeostasis. Three isotopes of folate were employed in a rat model to study several parameters: (a) intestinal transport; (b) variation in hepatic uptake after different routes of administration; (c) hepatic reduction, methylation, and polyglutamate formation; (d) biliary excretion; (e) transport of folate to tissue and its return to liver for re-entry into the enterohepatic cycle.
Stephen E. Steinberg, Caryl L. Campbell, Robert S. Hillman
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