Journal of Liquid Chromatography · 1982 · 50 citations · 114 references
Life SciencesBiochemistryEndocrinologyHormone BiochemistryNeurochemistryNeuroendocrinologyAdrenal EndocrinologyAdrenal HormonesAdrenal Steroid HormonesEndocrine BiochemistryHormone MetabolismHormone SynthesisAdrenal Hormone BiochemistryAdrenal Medulla AnatomyAdrenal Medulla HormonesCatecholamine BiochemistryCatecholamine BiosynthesisEpinephrine Biosynthesis
Abstract The catecholamines (CA) constitute a class of biogenic amines which have long been known to possess hormonal activity and to be compounds biosynthesized via the tyrosine metabolic pathway. Epinephrine (adrenaline) (E), the first hormone was, in fact, isolated by Takamine as early as 1901 from the adrenal medulla (1).
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