Differences in gut microbial metabolism are responsible for reduced hippurate synthesis in Crohn's disease

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Lower urinary hippurate levels in CD are not due to differences in dietary benzoate. A defect in the enzymatic conjugation of benzoate in CD has been excluded, strongly implicating altered gut microbial metabolism as the cause of decreased hippurate levels in CD.