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MercurysBall2 ago

This early work demonstrated to us that angiotensin was probably responsible for the increase in blood pressure in hypertension.

We know that adrenochrome was brought over from Germany in 1947 to research treatments for high blood pressure..

The Fallacy of Using Adrenochrome Reaction for Measurement of Reactive Oxygen Species Formed During Cytochrome P450-Mediated Metabolism of Xenobiotics The adrenochrome reaction (oxidation of epinephrine to adrenochrome) has been widely employed as a standard assay for reactive oxygen species, produced under a variety of conditions, including those produced during cytochrome P450 (CYP)-mediated oxidation of substrates such as cyclosporine. However, it has been reported that epinephrine and adrenochrome can be metabolized by hepatic microsomes and that adrenochrome can also be metabolized by NADPH-CYP reductase.