Trimethylamine content in vaginal secretion and its relation to bacterial vaginosis
- 1 November 2002
- Vol. 110 (11) , 819-824
- https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0463.2002.1101108.x
Abstract
The presence of a fishy odor emanating from women who present with a malodorous vaginal discharge is well known. The odor is due to bacterial reduction of trimethylamine oxide to trimethylamine (TMA)...Keywords
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