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Possible Interaction: Phenylalanine and Sapropterin Dihydrochloride

Research Papers that Mention the Interaction

BACKGROUND Sapropterin dihydrochloride (BH4, tetrahydrobiopterin) can lower plasma phenylalanine (Phe) concentrations for a subset of patients with phenylketonuria (PKU), an inborn error of metabolism.
Molecular genetics and metabolism  •  2013  |  View Paper
Treatment with the BH4 analog sapropterin dihydrochloride (10 mg/kg/day) was initiated and evoked a 50% reduction of the plasma phenylalanine levels.
JIMD reports  •  2018  |  View Paper
Sapropterin dihydrochloride (BH4) reduces phenylalanine (Phe) levels and improves white matter integrity in a subset of individuals with phenylketonuria (PKU) known as “responders.”
Molecular genetics and metabolism reports  •  2017  |  View Paper