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phenylpyruvic acid

phenylpyruvic acid

an intermediate product of the metabolism of phenylalanine. In patients with phenylketonuria, phenylalanine is not converted to the normal end-product, tyrosine, but only to phenylpyruvic acid, which is excreted in their urine.

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