adrenochrome


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adrenochrome

[ə′dren·ə‚krōm]
(biochemistry)
C9H9O3N A brick-red oxidation product of epinephrine which can convert hemoglobin into methemoglobin.
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The adrenochrome hypothesis of schizophrenia followed.
Othomolecular medicine: could medicinal chemistry be applied in an unconventional way to ease the suffering of schizophrenics?
For example, it has been proposed that in oxidative lesion of the myocardial ischemia-reperfusion, it occurs the epinephrine autooxidation in adrenochrome, associated with [O.
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It did not cover, for example, adrenochrome, featured in the film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
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Hoffer's theory of the illness is that, under stress, schizophrenics produce an excess of adrenochrome, which is derived from adrenaline, and that adrenochrome can produce hallucinations and personality changes.
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An absorbance spectrum with a maximum at 485 nm was observed, which is consistent with adrenochrome ([[epsilon].
Mechanisms of dopamine and dobutamine interference in biochemical tests that use peroxide and peroxidase to generate chromophore
Notably, excessive level of circulating catecholamines (and consequent saturation of the monoaminooxidase and catechol-o-methyl transferase systems) may cause the increased formation of adrenochrome (obtained by oxidation of adrenaline) [40, 52] of 5,6-dihydroxy-1-methylindole and of adrenochrome alkaline rearrangement product adrenolutin.
Cardiovascular and Hepatic Toxicity of Cocaine: Potential Beneficial Effects of Modulators of Oxidative Stress
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He learned that adrenochrome was capable of having hallucinatory effects much like mescaline and LSD.
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5mg/kg body weight subcutaneously along with systemic haemostatic Adrenochrome 5.
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Unlike the dopamine hypothesis, the adrenochrome hypothesis accounts for many biochemical patterns common among schizophrenic patients.
The Adrenochrome Hypothesis of Schizophrenia
There is a continuum from no conversion or very little conversion of adrenalin into adrenochrome in the bipolar patients, to more conversion in the schizoaffective state, to a lot more in the schizophrenic state.
Bipolar disorder and orthomolecular treatment
One unit of SOD was defined as the amount of the enzyme, which inhibits by 50% epinephrine oxidation to adrenochrome.
Protective effect of green tea against lipid peroxidation in the rat liver, blood serum and the brain. (*)
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