title: [N-Methylphenethylamine, an indirect sympathicomimetic agent in vegetables (author's transl)].
abstract: N-Methylphenethylamine, a secondary amine present in vegetable foodstuffs, in concentrations up to 6.6 ppm, is an indirectly acting sympathomimetic amine; on i.v. injection the circulatory effects correspond to 1/80 to 1/100 of those of epinephrine. Following enternal application pressoric and positive chronotropic effects are observed during appr. 30 min; the no-effect level amounts to about 7 mg/kg.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D010627:Phenethylamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013566:Sympathomimetics; D014675:Vegetables
chemical_list: D010627:Phenethylamines; D013566:Sympathomimetics
vernacular_title: N-Methylphenäthylamin, ein indirektes Sympathikomimetikum in pflanzlichen Lebensmitteln