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To the Editor: —The editorial comment on the destruction of epinephrine in the body (The Journal, September 21, p. 922) refers to the work of Markowitz and Mann and their conclusion, in harmony with that of Elliott, that epinephrine is destroyed in the thoracic nerve endings all over the body. Markowitz and Mann say: "Since epinephrine acts on thoracic autonomic endings all over the body, one would expect the most likely site for its destruction to be in these endings." This is a pure assumption. It is not supported by direct (or indirect) evidence. Nearly all alkaloids leave the blood stream rapidly, but their elimination by the kidneys or destruction by the liver is often a matter of hours or even days, and there is no necessary connection between the duration of a given action of an alkaloid and the period required for its elimination. One gains the impression from
JAMA – American Medical Association
Published: Nov 2, 1929
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