Trimethylaminuria
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trimethylaminuria-206-12491514
title:
Trimethylaminuria
text:
Trimethylaminuria (TMAU), also known as fish odor syndrome or fish malodor syndrome, is a rare metabolic disorder that causes a defect in the normal production of an enzyme named flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 (FMO3). When FMO3 is not working correctly or if not enough enzyme is produced, the body loses the ability to properly convert the fishy-smelling chemical trimethylamine (TMA) from precursor compounds in food digestion into trimethylamine oxide (TMAO), through a process called N-oxidati
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Medical condition
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimethylaminuria
date created:
2005-03-18T23:48:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T22:15:22Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Trimethylamine_chemical_structure.png","width":144,"height":121}
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13
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