Metanephrine

Metanephrine
	IUPAC name 4-(1-hydroxy-2-methylamino-ethyl)-2-methoxy-phenol
Identifiers
CAS number	5001-33-2
PubChem	21100
ChemSpider	19844
MeSH	Metanephrine
ChEMBL	CHEMBL775
Jmol-3D images	Image 1
	SMILES Oc1ccc(cc1OC)C(O)CNC ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C10H15NO3/c1-11-6-9(13)7-3-4-8(12)10(5-7)14-2/h3-5,9,11-13H,6H2,1-2H3 ; Key: JWJCTZKFYGDABJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N ;
Properties
Molecular formula	C10H15NO3
Molar mass	197.231 g/mol
	(verify) (what is: /?); Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
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Metanephrine is a metabolite of epinephrine created by action of catechol-O-methyl transferase on epinephrine. An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, 2002, indicated that the measurement of plasma free metanephrines is the best tool in the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma, an adrenal medullary neoplasm.^[1]

[edit] See also

^ Lenders J, Pacak K, Walther M, Linehan W, Mannelli M, Friberg P, Keiser H, Goldstein D, Eisenhofer G (2002). "Biochemical diagnosis of pheochromocytoma: which test is best?". JAMA 287 (11): 1427–34. doi:10.1001/jama.287.11.1427. PMID 11903030. Free full text with registration

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