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Occurrence of an Amine Oxidase in Horse Serum

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MUCH work has been done on the intracellular amine oxidase, a mitochondrial enzyme widely distributed in vertebrate and invertebrate tissues. This enzyme is a catalyst of the biological inactivation of 5-hydroxytryptamine and of the sympathomimetic amines.

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BERGERET, B., BLASCHKO, H. & HAWES, R. Occurrence of an Amine Oxidase in Horse Serum. Nature 180, 1127–1128 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1801127b0

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