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Catecholamine vs Adrenaline - What's the difference?

catecholamine | adrenaline |

As nouns the difference between catecholamine and adrenaline

is that catecholamine is any of a class of aromatic amines derived from pyrocatechol that are hormones produced by the adrenal gland while adrenaline is an alternative name for epinephrine; the hormone and neurotransmitter.

catecholamine

English

(wikipedia catecholamine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any of a class of aromatic amines derived from pyrocatechol that are hormones produced by the adrenal gland.
  • *1988 , Lubert Stryer, Biochemistry , 3rd edition, p. 1025:
  • *:Epinephrine and dopamine are two other catecholamine transmitters.
  • *2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 746:
  • *:The catecholamines are used in several motivational and emotional systems of the brain, and their concentration is regulated by proteins that break them down or recycle them.

    • Hypernyms

    *benzenediol

    Hyponyms

    * adrenalone * arbutamine * cysteinyldopa * deoxyepinephrine * dopamine * dopexamine * epinephrine * hexoprenaline * isoprenaline * methyldopa * nordefrin * norepinephrine * oxidopamine See also

    Related terms

    *catecholaminergic

    adrenaline

    English

    (wikipedia adrenaline)

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (-)
  • (hormone) An alternative name for epinephrine; the hormone and neurotransmitter.

    • Derived terms

    * adrenaline junkie * adrenaline rush