Concentrations of beta-phenylethylamine in plasma and plateletes of schizophrenics.
The plasma and platelet PEA levels of 20 normal subjects and 17 schizophrenic patients were investigated using a high-performance liquid chromatography. In the normals the mean plasma and platelet levels of PEA were 4.9 +/- 1.9 ng/ml and 1.78 +/- 1.01 ng/mg protein, respectively, while in the schizophrenics, those were 12.1 +/- 7.9 ng/ml and 0.77 +/- 0.5 ng/mg protein, respectively. The plasma PEA levels of the schizophrenics were significantly higher than those of the normals, and the platelet PEA levels of the schizophrenics were lower than those of the normals.
Myojin
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Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
Taga
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Tsuji
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D000328:Adult; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010627:Phenethylamines / Q000097:blood*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis
D010627:Phenethylamines; C029261:phenethylamine