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3,4-Dimethoxyphenylacetic Acid in Urine

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IN 1962 we reported that 3,4-dimethoxyphenethylamine (DMPEA) was a component of urine obtained from schizophrenic patients1. Since our original report we have described additional work2–5. Other investigators have identified this material6,7 or chromatographically similar material8, although several have also identified it in urine from non-schizophrenic subjects9,10 and others have been unable to detect the compound at all11,12.

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FRIEDHOFF, A., FURIYA, K. 3,4-Dimethoxyphenylacetic Acid in Urine. Nature 214, 1127–1128 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2141127a0

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