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. 1933;27(1):36–53. doi: 10.1042/bj0270036

A study of the oxidation of 3:4-dihydroxyphenyl-N-methylalanine with reference to its possible function as a precursor of adrenaline

Robert Donald Hoskin Heard ^1,¹, Henry Stanley Raper ¹

PMCID: PMC1252838 PMID: 16745089

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