Odorous urine following asparagus ingestion in man
- 1 April 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Vol. 43 (4), 382-383
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01940418
Abstract
The production of odorous urine after the ingestion of asparagus has been shown to occur in 43% of 800 volunteers investigated. This characteristics is reproducible over a 12-month-period and has been shown to remain with individuals for virtually a lifetime. Family studies suggest that the ability to produce the odorous urine is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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