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  • Title: Diurnal rhythm of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG): relationship between plasma and urinary levels.
    Author: DeMet EM, Halaris AE, Gwirtsman HE, Reno RM.
    Journal: Life Sci; 1985 Nov 04; 37(18):1731-41. PubMed ID: 4058250.
    Abstract:
    Plasma and urinary levels of MHPG were determined in six normal volunteers. Samples were obtained at 3-hour intervals for plasma and at 12-hour intervals for urine. Acrophase, amplitude and period were determined for plasma MHPG levels. A sinusoidal pattern was obtained for diurnal plasma MHPG with a peak at 15:00 hrs. +/- 46 min. Urinary MHPG, corrected for creatinine levels, correlated with both 9 AM plasma MHPG and with baseline plasma MHPG. Furthermore, the relationship between plasma and urinary MHPG was linear when the rhythm of urinary levels was assumed to lag 6.2 hours behind the plasma rhythm. It was concluded that free MHPG is evenly distributed in the total body space and that conjugated MHPG is largely restricted to the blood.
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