Aspartame is only really a concern for people with phenylketonuria, a condition with makes them unable to break down phenylalanine, another byproduct of aspartame in the body. If phenylalanine ...

Purpose: Blood phenylalanine monitoring is critical for the management of phenylketonuria. We compared three methods for measuring blood phenylalanine concentration: the amino acid analyzer ...

Phenylalanine is metabolized to produce maleylacetoacetate in a four-step biochemical reaction. Absence of the enzyme homogentisate oxidase causes the buildup of homogentisate, leading to the ...