Urinalysis and Body Fluids 6th Edition by Majorie DiLorenzo, Susan Strasinger

Exercise 47

Name the abnormal urinary substance present in alkaptonuria, and explain how its presence may be suspected.

Step 1 of 3

Alkaptonuria:

• This is the third chief disorder in Phenylalanine-tyrosine pathway

• Failure in inheriting of homogentisic acid oxidase enzyme causes this disorder