[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 findings | Hippuric acid inc (urine) |
Symptoms | hyperammonemia onset, adolescent onset, childhood onset, infancy onset, neonatal |