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Lofenalac
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
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Lofenalac Trade name for food low in
phenylalanine for treatment of
phenylketonuria.
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phenylalanine
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
phenylalanine , organic compound, one of the 22...14 mg per lb) of body weight. Phenylalanine can be degraded into simpler compounds...activity of the enzyme that converts phenylalanine to tyrosine. This results in the...
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aspartyl‐phenylalanine methyl ester
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
aspartyl‐phenylalanine methyl ester See aspartame .
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Gene and Environment
Book article from: Genetics
...in which people with two defective copies of the phenylalanine hydroxylase gene are unable to convert phenylalanine into tyrosine. This inability leads to an accumulation of phenylalanine in the blood, causing problems with nerve and brain...
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Phenylketonuria
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
...production of the hepatic (liver) enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH). Description PKU...above normal (elevated) levels of phenylalanine in the blood. The primary symptom...consuming foods that contain the amino acid phenylalanine, which is toxic to brain tissue...
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Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
...cannot change one essential amino acid phenylalanine (fen-il-AL-a-neen), into...Normally, an in the body called phenylalanine hydroxylase (fen-il-AL-a-neen...si-lase) changes the essential phenylalanine to another needed amino acid called...
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