Process for waste nitrogen removal
AssigneeThe Johns Hopkins University
InventorsSaul W. Brusilow, Mark L. Batshaw, Norman S. Radin
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Abstract
A process for controlling waste nitrogen accumulation diseases in humans which comprises administering an effective amount of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of benzoic acid, phenylacetic acid and the non-toxic, pharmaceutically-acceptable salts of the acids to a human suffering from waste nitrogen accumulation.
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A process for controlling waste nitrogen accumulation diseases in humans, caused by an impairment in the normal synthesis of urea from ordinary waste nitrogen in the body or in the normal excretion thereof, said process comprising administering an effective amount of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of benzoic acid, phenylacetic acid and the non-toxic, pharmaceutically-acceptable salts of said acids to a human suffering from such waste nitrogen accumulation disease, the amount of said compound used being sufficient to react with the waste nitrogen to form an amino acid acylation product for urinary discharge of said product.
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