OXIDATION OF 5‐HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE AND RELATED COMPOUNDS BY MYTILUS GILL PLATES
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- 1 March 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 15 (1), 42-46
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.1960.tb01208.x
Abstract
Homogenates of gill plates of Mytilus edulis L. used oxygen when 5-hydroxytryptamine was added. The oxidation of 5-hydroxytryptamine was not due to the presence of an amine oxidase, but to that of an enzyme that catalysed the oxidation of other 5-hydroxyindoles (5-hydroxytryptophan, bufotenine). The oxidation was cyanide-sensitive, but was not inhibited by iproniazid. In the reaction a yellowish-brown substance was formed. The occurrence of an amine oxidase in the anterior retractor muscle of the byssus and in the digestive gland was confirmed.Keywords
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