I en studie med möss fann man att tillskott med folsyra (300 mg / kg) som var tillsatt i dricksvattnet under en period på 6 veckor, visade sig skydda mot genetisk hyperhomocysteinemi-inducerade benförlust.
Reference: ”Homocysteine mediated decrease in bone blood flow and remodeling: Role of folic acid,” Tyagi N, Kandel M, et al, J Orthop Res, 2011 April 5; [Epub ahead of print]. (Address: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202. E-mail: n0tyag01@louisville.edu ).