Electrooxidative decarboxylation of vanillylmandelic acid: voltammetric differentiation between the structurally related compounds homovanillic acid and vanillylmandelic acid.
Vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) and homovanillic acid (HVA) are the major end products of catecholamine metabolism. Abnoramally high levels in both plasma and urine may be indicative of a number of diseases including neuroblastoma and phaeochromocytoma. Commonly the VMA:HVA ratio is used as a disease ma...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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