Preparation and properties of a homogeneous aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase from hog kidney

Raised cerebrospinal-fluid copper concentration in parkinson's disease

A new and highly sensitive voltammetric assay for aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase activity by high-performance liquid chromatography.

L-dopa facilitates the release of endogenous norepinephrine and dopamine via presynaptic beta 1- and beta 2-adrenoceptors under essentially complete inhibition of L-aromatic amino acid decarboxylase in rat hypothalamic slices

Assay of tyrosine 3-monooxygenase using the coupled nonenzymatic decarboxylation of dopa.

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Non-enzymatic decarboxylation of dihydroxyphenylalanine