A pilot study to assess the effect of a three-month vitamin supplementation containing L-methylfolate on systemic homocysteine plasma concentrations and retinal blood flow in patients with diabetes.

Conclusions: The present data show that a three-month intake of a dietary supplement containing methylfolate can significantly reduce blood homocysteine levels in patients with diabetes. This is of importance because higher homocysteine plasma levels have been found to be associated with an increased risk of vascular associated systemic diseases and eye diseases. Whether systemic methylfolate supplementation affects retinal perfusion must be studied in a larger population. PMID: 32355442 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Molecular Vision - Category: Molecular Biology Tags: Mol Vis Source Type: research