Tryptamine, N,N-Dimethyltryptamine, N,N-Dimethyl-5-hydroxytryptamine and 5-Methoxytryptamine in Human Blood and Urine

@article{Franzen1965TryptamineNN,
  title={Tryptamine, N,N-Dimethyltryptamine, N,N-Dimethyl-5-hydroxytryptamine and 5-Methoxytryptamine in Human Blood and Urine},
  author={Fr. Franzen and H. Gross},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1965},
  volume={206},
  pages={1052-1052}
}
TRYPTAMINE is a normal constituent of human urine1–5; about 30–120 µg of the amine are excreted per 24 h. In blood, tryptamine has hitherto been demonstrated only qualitatively and under pathological conditions in a carcinoid patient6. There is no information about an occurrence of N,N-dimethyltryptamine in human beings. N,N-dimethyl-5-hydroxytryptamine (= Bufotenin) was demonstrated qualitatively as a constituent of normal human urine4,7; in children an excretion of 0–0.03 µg amine/100 mg… 
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