- Metabolite
- HMDB0000159 (Phenylalanine)
- Biospecimen
- Blood
- Status
- Detected and Quantified
- Data source
- Referenced
- Concentration
- 143.0 (128.0-158.0) uM
- Age
- Adult (>18 years old)
- Sex
- Both
- Condition
- Bacterial infections (assorted)
Comments
Bacterial infections (assorted) including miliary tuberculosis, gas gangrene, gram-negative infections, and coccal infections due to pneumococci, staphylococci, streptococci, meningococci, and gonococci
References
- Wannemacher RW Jr, Klainer AS, Dinterman RE, Beisel WR: The significance and mechanism of an increased serum phenylalanine-tyrosine ratio during infection. Am J Clin Nutr. 1976 Sep;29(9):997-1006. [PubMed:822705 ]