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by ck2 330 days ago
thought that was going to be about TMAO (Trimethylamine N-Oxide)

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120....

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9235870/figure/F1/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6213249/figure/nutr...
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pygy_ 330 days ago
TMAO is the precursor of imidazole propionate.
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FollowingTheDao 330 days ago
No, it is not. imidazole propionate is made by gut bacteria metabolizing histidine.

https://www.caymanchem.com/product/33458/imidazole-propionat...

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pygy_ 328 days ago
My bad, I read the paper too fast.
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