- Metabolite
- HMDB0000118 (Homovanillic acid)
- Biospecimen
- Urine
- Status
- Detected and Quantified
- Data source
- Referenced
- Concentration
- 7.447 +/- 3.848 umol/mmol creatinine
- Age
- Children (1-13 years old)
- Sex
- Both
- Condition
- Phenylketonuria
Comments
4-24 hours after phenylalanine load.
References
- Rampini S, Vollmin JA, Bosshard HR, Muller M, Curtius HC: Aromatic acids in urine of healthy infants, persistent hyperphenylalaninemia, and phenylketonuria, before and after phenylalanine load. Pediatr Res. 1974 Jul;8(7):704-9. [PubMed:4837567 ]