- Metabolite
- HMDB0001149 (5-Aminolevulinic acid)
- Biospecimen
- Urine
- Status
- Detected and Quantified
- Data source
- Referenced
- Concentration
- 11.0 (95.8-28.7) umol/mmol creatinine
- Age
- Adult (>18 years old)
- Sex
- Both
- Condition
- Acute intermittent porphyria
Comments
Median (min.-max.). <7 days post-acute attack
References
- Marsden JT, Rees DC: Urinary excretion of porphyrins, porphobilinogen and delta-aminolaevulinic acid following an attack of acute intermittent porphyria. J Clin Pathol. 2014 Jan;67(1):60-5. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2012-201367. Epub 2013 Aug 1. [PubMed:23908454 ]