monoamine
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /mɒnəʊˈeɪmiːn/
monoamine (plural monoamines)
- (chemistry, biochemistry) Any compound having a single amino functional group, especially a neurotransmitter.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 167:
- Dopamine and norepinephrine are so-called monoamines.
- 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2001, p. 55:
- The first effective drugs used to treat clinical depression were compounds that act by enhancing the activity of chemicals known as monoamines in the brain.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 167:
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