Abstract
Summary
o-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid is an abnormal urinary metabolite of phenylalanine found in phenylketonuria and after phenylalanine dosage in heterozygotes of phenylketonuria. It is also formed by normal individuals with comparably elevated phenylalanine blood levels. It must be formed by enzyme systems other than the one disturbed in phenylketonuria.
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