Melatonin: deacetylation to 5-methoxytryptamine by liver but not brain aryl acylamidase

J Neurochem. 1979 Apr;32(4):1219-26. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1979.tb11049.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • 5-Methoxytryptamine / biosynthesis*
  • Amidohydrolases / metabolism*
  • Anilides
  • Animals
  • Hypothalamus / drug effects
  • Hypothalamus / enzymology*
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Kinetics
  • Liver / drug effects
  • Liver / enzymology*
  • Male
  • Melatonin / metabolism*
  • Organ Specificity
  • Pargyline / pharmacology
  • Rats
  • Tryptamines / biosynthesis*

Substances

  • Anilides
  • Tryptamines
  • 5-Methoxytryptamine
  • Pargyline
  • Amidohydrolases
  • aryl acylamidase
  • Melatonin