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“The use of the standard RPMI medium or RPMI medium containing low concentrations of folate and para-aminobenzoic acid increases the 50% inhibitory concentrations of cycloguanil and pyrimethamine , as compared with the use of folate- and para-aminobenzoic acid-free RPMI medium.”
International journal of antimicrobial agents • 2006 | View Paper
“Trimethoprim and pyrimethamine are weak competitive inhibitors of intestinal folate transport and folate absorption inhibition occurs at the site of membrane transport and appears to be unrelated to concurrent inhibition of DHFR activity in enterocytes.”
“Trimethoprim and pyrimethamine , inhibitors of dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), cause folate deficiency in some patients.”