Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid (building block of protein) that the body doesn't produce, meaning it must be obtained through food. It is found in protein-rich foods. Your body uses ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University plant molecular biochemist Natalia Dudareva and colleagues have described a complete second pathway used by plants to produce phenylalanine, a compound ...

In the first long-term and real-world reflective study of its kind, scientists have uncovered new detrimental health impacts of the artificial sweetener aspartame that echoes those found in shorter ...

—According to a new systematic review of the literature, despite early and continuous dietary management to lower phenylalanine levels in patients with phenylketonuria (PKU), cognition may still be ...