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. 1960 Mar;15(1):42-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1960.tb01208.x.

Oxidation of 5-hydroxytryptamine and related compounds by Mytilus gill plates

H BLASCHKO, A S MILTON

Oxidation of 5-hydroxytryptamine and related compounds by Mytilus gill plates

H BLASCHKO et al. Br J Pharmacol Chemother. 1960 Mar.

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.

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