British journal of pharmacology and chemotherapy.
Discontinued
Publisher:
British Medical Assn.
Frequency: Irregular
Country: England
Language: English
Author(s):
British Medical Association., British Pharmacological Society.
Start Year:1946 - 1968
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 0366-0826 (Print) 0366-0826 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 0154627 |
| (DNLM): | B35180000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 01777902 |
| Coden: | BJPCAL |
| LCCN: | sn 86001004 |
| Classification: | W1 BR601 |
The oxidation of cystamine and homocystamine by mammalian enzymes. The oxidative deamination of cystamine and homocystamine by mammalian oxidases has been studied. The histaminase of pig kidney oxidizes homocystamine much more slowly than cystamine. The amine oxidase of mammalian liver (guinea-pig, rabbit) oxidizes homocystamine more rapidly than cystamine. Both amines are oxidized by plasma (or serum) of ruminants (ox, sheep, goat) and of the horse. In the enzymatic oxidation of homocystamine both aminogroups are removed; there is no evidence that a ring compound analogous to cystaldimine is accumulating.