title: Utilization of urea nitrogen for albumin synthesis in the stagnant loop syndrome.
abstract: A study of urea and albumin metabolism was carried out in a patient with the stagnant loop syndrome and in a control subject using radioisotopic and stable isotopic techniques. The patient had a higher rate of urea synthesis, urea hydrolysis in the gut, and of incorporation of recycled urea nitrogen into albumin. Although only a small proportion (0.4%) of the urea nitrogen available was used for albumin synthesis and this constituted only 0.8% of the daily nitrogen requirement for this purpose, the reutilization of nitrogen was relatively much greater than was observed in the control study.
mesh_terms: D000418:Albumins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001765:Blind Loop Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism*; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000418:Albumins