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Fluorometric estimation of 4‐hydroxy‐3‐methoxyphenylethyleneglycol sulphate in brain
Author(s) -
MEEK JAMES L.,
NEFF NORTON H.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
british journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.432
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1476-5381
pISSN - 0007-1188
DOI - 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1972.tb08099.x
Subject(s) - chemistry , sephadex , chromatography , probenecid , elution , pargyline , ethylene diamine , fluorescence , high performance liquid chromatography , endocrinology , biochemistry , biology , nuclear chemistry , enzyme , physics , quantum mechanics , monoamine oxidase
Summary1 A simple, sensitive, and selective method was developed for the fluorimetric estimation of 4‐hydroxy‐3‐methoxyphenylethyleneglycol sulphate (MOPEG‐SO 4 ) in rat brain. 2 MOPEG‐SO 4 was isolated on a DEAE Sephadex column. Fluorescence was measured at 465 nm (excitation at 320 nm) after heating the column eluate with acid and reheating after adding ethylene diamine. 3 The concentration in brain of MOPEG‐SO 4 increased after blockade of its transport from brain by treatment with probenecid and decreased after inhibiting its synthesis by treatment with α‐methyltyrosine or pargyline. 4 Our studies suggest that measurement in changes in the rate of formation of MOPEG‐SO 4 may be a useful index of noradrenaline turnover.