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Metanephrine

Metanephrine

IUPAC name	4-(1-hydroxy-2-methylamino-ethyl)- 2-methoxy-phenol
Molecular formula	C₁₀H₁₅NO₃
Identifiers
CAS number	5001-33-2
PubChem	21100
MeSH	Metanephrine
Properties
Molar mass	197.231 g/mol
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa) Infobox disclaimer and references

Metanephrine is a metabolite of epinephrine created by action of catechol-O-methyl transferase on epinephrine. A March 20, 2002 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicated that the measurement of plasma free metanephrines is the best tool in the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma, an adrenal medullary neoplasm.^[1]

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^ Lenders J, Pacak K, Walther M, Linehan W, Mannelli M, Friberg P, Keiser H, Goldstein D, Eisenhofer G (2002). "Biochemical diagnosis of pheochromocytoma: which test is best?". JAMA 287 (11): 1427–34. PMID 11903030. Free full text with registration