Hydroxybenzoate
Escherichia coli
- Can produce p-hydroxybenzoate from glucose
- Esters of p-hydroxybenzoate, called parabens, have antibacterial activity
- Part of the mechanism for establishing bacterial dominance in intestinal populations
Clinical Applications of Urinary Organic Acids. Part 2. Dysbiosis Markers, Richard S. Lord, PhD, and J. Alexander Bralley, PhD, Alternative Medicine Review Volume 13, Number 4 2008
Microbial overgrowth
- Can include
- benzoate,
- Hippurate,
- Phenylacetate,
- Phenylpropionate,
- cresol,
- Hydroxybenzoate,
- Hydroxyphenylacetate,
- Hydroxyphenylpropionate
- 3,4-dihydroxyphenylpropionate,
- Indican,
- Tricarballylate,
- D-lactate,
- D-arabinitol
