出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2017/03/31 15:44 UTC 版)
Blend of meta- + epinephrine
metanephrine (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 metanephrines)
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/06/13 20:16 UTC 版)
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.