| 单词 | monoamine oxidase |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmonoamine oxidase monoamine oxidase n. an enzyme which catalyses the oxidation (and hence the inactivation) of monoamine neurotransmitters; abbreviated MAO. ΚΠ 1943 J. B. Sumner & G. F. Somers Chem. & Methods of Enzymes xv. 269 It is probable that all of these enzymes are one and the same... The most suitable name for the enzyme would be ‘monamine oxidase’. 1968 Brain 91 516 These nuclei with high monamine oxidase contents are related to pathways which mediate olfacto-visceral and olfacto-somatic correlations. 1996 Guardian 22 Feb. i. 6/5 The brains of smokers really are different: they contain 40 per cent less of an enigmatic enzyme called monoamine oxidase B. < as lemmas |
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