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Resonance Constants and the Activities of Indolealkylamines on Stomach Muscle

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INDOLES in nature display an extraordinary variety of biological actions1. We describe here a correlation between the resonance constants of a series of indoleakylamines and their potency in causing contraction of stomach.

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York, New York, New York, 10029

    SUNGZONG KANG & JACK PETER GREEN

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KANG, S., GREEN, J. Resonance Constants and the Activities of Indolealkylamines on Stomach Muscle. Nature 222, 794–795 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222794b0

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