3-METHOXY-4-HYDROXY-BENZALDEHYD (VANILLIN) ALS METABOLIT VON ADRENALIN UND NORADRENALIN

Abstract

ABSTRACT After incubation of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-mandelic acid, a metabolite of adrenaline and noradrenaline, with rat liver slices and slices of human liver obtained at post mortem, in addition to vanillic acid one intermediary product was detected by paper chromatography. In the system benzene-propionic acid-water (2:2:1) this showed the same RF-value as 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-benzaldehyde (vanillin). In the deproteinized incubation medium the substance was precipitated as 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, which after purification and recrystallisation was identified by melting point, absorption spectrum between 220 and 500 mμ, and IR-spectrum as 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone of vanillin.