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THE mode, the loci, and the extent of the inactivation of the sympathetic hormones are only partly known. The liver has been considered of prime importance. A minor fraction of injected catechols appears in the urine. Recently, the rather generally occurring enzyme amine-oxidase has been extensively studied as the agent responsible for a more general, ‘peripheral’ elimination.
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CELANDER, O., MELLANDER, S. Elimination of Adrenaline and Noradrenaline from the Circulating Blood. Nature 176, 973–974 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176973a0
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