title: 3,4-Dimethoxyphenylethylamine excretion of normals and schizophrenics, behaviour during total fasting.
abstract: A specific and sensitive radioimmunoassay for the determination of 3,4-dimethoxyphenylethylamine (3,4-DMPEA) in urine was developed. In 5 fasting healthy volunteers excretion of 3,4-DMPEA was not diminished, indicating that this substance can be regarded as an endogenous metabolite. In addition, the time profile of the excretion of 3,4-DMPEA was measured in one patient during total fasting. In 25 patients with schizophrenic psychoses, 9 psychiatric patients without schizophrenia and 80 control patients excretion of 3,4-DMPEA was compared. No significant differences could be observed between these three groups.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004118:Dimethoxyphenylethylamine / Q000652:urine*; D005215:Fasting; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000652:urine; D010627:Phenethylamines / Q000652:urine*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000652:urine*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004118:Dimethoxyphenylethylamine; D010627:Phenethylamines