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Trial reportNutrients2019

Combined Supplementation with Glycine and Tryptophan Reduces Purine-Induced Serum Uric Acid Elevation by Accelerating Urinary Uric Acid Excretion: A Randomized, Single-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study.

Shunji Oshima, Sachie Shiiya, Yasunori Nakamura

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Nutrients, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shunji OshimaCore Technology Laboratories, Asahi Quality & Innovations, Ltd., 1-21, Midori 1-Chome, Moriya-Shi 302-0106, Japan. shunji.oshima@asahi-qi.co.jp.
Sachie ShiiyaCore Technology Laboratories, Asahi Quality & Innovations, Ltd., 1-21, Midori 1-Chome, Moriya-Shi 302-0106, Japan. sachie.siiya@asahi-qi.co.jp.
Yasunori NakamuraCore Technology Laboratories, Asahi Quality & Innovations, Ltd., 1-21, Midori 1-Chome, Moriya-Shi 302-0106, Japan. yasunori.nakamura@asahi-qi.co.jp.
Asahi Breweries (Japan) · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The authors previously confirmed the serum uric acid-lowering effects of the combination of glycine and tryptophan in subjects with mild hyperuricemia. This study examined whether combined supplementation with glycine and tryptophan suppressed the elevation in serum uric acid levels caused by purine ingestion and accelerated urinary uric acid excretion in subjects with lower urate excretion using a randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover clinical trial design. Healthy Japanese adult males with lower urate excretion ingested water containing purines in addition to dextrin (placebo), tryptophan, glycine, or a glycine and tryptophan mixture. The combined supplementation with glycine and tryptophan significantly reduced the elevated serum uric acid levels after purine ingestion. Glycine alone and in combination with tryptophan significantly increased urinary uric acid excretion and urate clearance compared with the effects of the placebo. Urinary pH increased by the ingestion of the mixture. These results suggested that the improved water solubility of uric acid due to increased urinary pH contributed to the increase of urinary uric acid excretion.

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Dietary SupplementsAdultAntidepressive Agents, Second-GenerationCross-Over StudiesGlycineGlycine AgentsHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMaleMiddle AgedPurinesSingle-Blind MethodTryptophanUric AcidUrinalysisYoung AdultAntidepressive Agents, Second-GenerationGlycineGlycine AgentspurinePurinesTryptophanUric Acidglycinepurinestryptophanurate clearanceuric acidurinary pH

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PMID31652875
PMCPMC6893627
OpenAlexW2981764431

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