Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A naturally occurring chemical formed during the oxidation of epinephrine.
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- noun biochemistry An
oxidation product ofadrenaline orepinephrine ; itssemicarbazone is used as a drug to reducebleeding .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And anyone who can tell me where I got their names gets a vial of human adrenochrome.
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In the test tube, it is easy to change adrenalin to a compound called "adrenochrome."
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However, since 1954, when this suggestion was first made, all attempts to locate adrenochrome or other abnormal metabolites of adrenalin in mental patients have failed.
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Interestingly enough, when adrenochrome is injected into normal human subjects, temporary psychotic states resembling those of mental illness are produced.
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This is an abnormal metabolite, since it does not seem that adrenalin in the body normally passes through the adrenochrome stage.
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[6, 10] adrenochrome (slight [9]) [9] catechol [9] dehydroascorbate
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