This is also called Vitamin B9, Folate, and Pteroylglutamic acid. This vitamin works along with Vitamin B-12 and Vitamin C to help the body digest and use proteins and to synthesize new proteins when needed. Necessary for the production of red blood cells it also needed for the synthesis of DNA. Sources of Folate are spinach and turnip greens, dried beans and peas, fortified cereal products, and some fruits like oranges, strawberries and cantaloupes.