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[TREATMENT/THERAPY]: SODIUM BENZOATE [EXTERNAL]

[TREATMENT/THERAPY]: SODIUM BENZOATE [EXTERNAL]
Sodium benzoate combines with glycine and phenylacetate/ phenylbutyrate with glutamine, forming, respectively, hippuric acid and phenylacetylglutamine, which are eliminated in the urine [Pena-Quintana L et al. 2017]
Laboratory findingsHippuric acid inc (urine)
Symptoms    hyperammonemia
    onset, adolescent
    onset, childhood
    onset, infancy
    onset, neonatal