Effects of diet on urinary excretion of MHPG in normal preadolescent boys.
The authors examined the effect of diets with low and high monoamine content on the 24-hour urinary excretion of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) and creatinine in eight healthy preadolescent boys. The subjects were admitted to a clinical research center and were placed on a diet low in monoamines--the vanillylmandelic acid (VMA)-exclusion diet--for 5 consecutive days. They were switched on the 6th day to a diet rich in monoamines, and urine specimens were collected for 4 more consecutive days. There were no differences in MHPG or creatinine excretion between the urine taken on the low and high monoamine diet days.
D002648:Child; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine; D005526:Food, Formulated; D006018:Glycols / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008734:Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol / Q000652:urine*; D014642:Vanilmandelic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage
D006018:Glycols; D008734:Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol; D014642:Vanilmandelic Acid; D003404:Creatinine