Enantio-selective occurrence of (S)-tetrahydropapaveroline in human brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 224-226

  Sango, Kumiko ^a   Maruyama, Wakako ^b   Matsubara, Kazuo ^c   Dostert, Philippe ^d   Minami, Chiyoko ^a   Kawai, Masao ^a   Naoi, Makoto ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Lab of Biochemistry and Metabolism   (Japan)

^c ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d Biotrial   (France)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Enantio specificity; Human brain; Monoamine oxidase; Morphine; Tetrahydropapaveroline

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ALKALOID; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; MORPHINE DERIVATIVE; SALSOLINOL; TETRAHYDROPAPAVEROLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ENANTIOMER; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

EID: 0034646917     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00963-0     Document Type: Article

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