Open AccessMetabolism of Homovanillamine to Homovanillic Acid in Guinea Pig Liver Slices
Author(s) -
Georgios I. Panoutsopoulos
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
cellular physiology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.486
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1421-9778
pISSN - 1015-8987
DOI - 10.1159/000086409
Subject(s) - aldehyde oxidase , aldehyde dehydrogenase , xanthine oxidase , monoamine oxidase , chemistry , xanthine dehydrogenase , metabolite , biochemistry , aldehyde , oxidase test , enzyme , catalysis
Homovanillamine is a biogenic amine that it is catalyzed to homovanillyl aldehyde by monoamine oxidase A and B, but the oxidation of its aldehyde to the acid derivative is usually ascribed to aldehyde dehydrogenase and a potential contribution of aldehyde oxidase and xanthine oxidase is usually ignored.
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