Studies on the Effect of Organic Acid on the Change of Urine Components. II

Effect of Citric Acid or Acetic Acid on the Creatinine and Various Nitrogen Contents in Urine

Abstract

Effect of the ingestion of citric or acetic acid on the creatine and creatinine, total nitrogen, ammonia nitrogen, amino nitrogen, urea, and uric acid in the urine was examined by human tests of the writer himself. It was thereby found that the ingestion of citric or acetic acid did not give any marked changes on the amount of creative, while the decrease was noted in the amount of creatinine, ammonia nitrogen, and uric acid, and a tendency for the increase in the amount of total nitrogen, amino nitrogen, and urea. From these results, the decrease in the amount of creatinine and increase in the amount of urea were found to be significant and the ingestion of citric or acetic acid was thought to influence metabolism in the human body.