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Detection and Identification of Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors in Biological Samples

A. S. Curry, +1 more
- 17 Oct 1970 - 
- Vol. 228, Iss: 5268, pp 281-282
TLDR
These therapeutically valuable drugs are implicated in an increasing number of severe and some times fatal accidents caused either by gross overdosage, producing symptoms of hypernoradrenalinaemia or more frequently by interacting with other drugs such as sympathomimetic amines.
Abstract
THE monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor drugs are now widely used in psychiatric practice for the management of various types of neurotic and psychotic depressions; unfortunately, these therapeutically valuable drugs are implicated in an increasing number of severe and some times fatal accidents caused either by gross overdosage, producing symptoms of hypernoradrenalinaemia1 or more frequently by interacting with other drugs such as sympathomimetic amines2–5, amine precursors6–9, central nervous system depressants10–12 and also with foods containing tyramine, DOPA and other amines13.

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Effect-directed analysis in food by thin-layer chromatography assays.

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A rapid thin-layer chromatography bioautographic method for detecting the monoamine oxidase inhibitors in plants

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The histochemical demonstration of monoamine oxidase activity by tetrazolium salts.

TL;DR: Localization of the formazan to autonomic ganglia and fibers, chief cells of the gastric fundus, mucosal epithelium of the duodenum and certain specific zones of the renal tubules by means of the tryptamine-tetrazolium technique was confirmed as indicating monoamine oxidase activity by identical localization using the hydrazone precipitation technique of Koelle and Valk.
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Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors, Tyramine, and Cheese

TL;DR: Marked potentiation of the pressor effects of tyramine hydrochloride, given orally and intravenously, was demonstrated in patients receiving a monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor, and one of the hazards of treatment with MAO inhibitors is emphasized.
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Vascular crises associated with monoamine-oxidase inhibitors.

TL;DR: The authors gave 1,223 courses of antidepressant medication, and in 692 courses MAO inhibitors were used, the highest incidence of reactions occurred with tranylcypromine, but nevertheless this drug is being used more frequently than any other MAO inhibitor and is regarded as indispensible in the treatment of depressive illness.
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Tetrazolium reduction as a measure of monoamine oxidase activity in vitro

TL;DR: Data has been presented showing that tetrazolium salts can be used for the histochemical localization of monoamine oxidase, although there are limitations to its application to in vitro studies.