Phenylacetic acid in human body fluids: high correlation between plasma and cerebrospinal fluid concentration values. 1982

M Sandler, and C R Ruthven, and B L Goodwin, and A Lees, and G M Stern

In a group of six Parkinsonian patients and 13 "controls" with non-Parkinsonian neurological disease, there was a high correlation between both free and conjugated phenylacetic acid concentrations in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid taken at about the same time. This compound is the major metabolite of phenylethylamine, the production of which may be disturbed in a number of neuropsychiatric illnesses. Thus plasma measurements might be employed clinically to provide an estimate of central changes in phenylethylamine economy. A small but significantly higher proportion of conjugated phenylacetic acid was present in the plasma (but not cerebrospinal fluid) of Parkinsonians compared with controls.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010627 Phenethylamines A group of compounds that are derivatives of beta- aminoethylbenzene which is structurally and pharmacologically related to amphetamine. (From Merck Index, 11th ed) Phenylethylamines
D010648 Phenylacetates Derivatives of phenylacetic acid. Included under this heading are a variety of acid forms, salts, esters, and amides that contain the benzeneacetic acid structure. Note that this class of compounds should not be confused with derivatives of phenyl acetate, which contain the PHENOL ester of ACETIC ACID. Benzeneacetates,Benzeneacetic Acids,Phenylacetic Acids,Acids, Benzeneacetic,Acids, Phenylacetic
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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