catecholamine

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catecholamine

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catecholamines

catecholamine (plural catecholamines)

  1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of aromatic amines derived from pyrocatechol that are hormones produced by the adrenal gland.
    • 1988 —Lubert Stryer, Biochemistry, 3rd edition, page 1025
      Epinephrine and dopamine are two other catecholamine transmitters.

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