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A new histamine metabolite, quantitatively important in chicken

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After i.v. injection of14C-histamine to chicken, we identified one of the histamine metabolites as N-acetylmethylhistamine in the urine. This new metabolite accounted for about 20% of the urinary or 14% of the administered radioactivity.

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  1. Department of Physiology, Veterinary College of Norway, Postbox 8146, Oslo Dep., Oslo 1, Norway

    K. A. Eliassen

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This work was supported by the Agricultural Research Council of Norway (grant No. 14.202.01).

Acknowledgment. I wish to thank J. Utne Skåre who performed all the mass-spectrographic work and A. Grande for making the colon fistula.

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Eliassen, K.A. A new histamine metabolite, quantitatively important in chicken. Experientia 33, 1006–1008 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01945935

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