Effect of urine pH changed by dietary intervention on uric acid clearance mechanism of pH-dependent excretion of urinary uric acid

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The finding reported in a previous paper - alkalization of urine facilitates uric acid excretion - is contradictory to what one might expect to occur: because food materials for the alkalization of urine contain fewer purine bodies t...

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Main Authors: Kanbara Aya, Miura Yoshisuke, Hyogo Hideyuki, Chayama Kazuaki, Seyama Issei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-06-01
Series:Nutrition Journal
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Online Access:http://www.nutritionj.com/content/11/1/39