FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term epinephrine metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0042414 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving epinephrine, a hormone produced by the medulla of the adrenal glands that increases heart activity, improves the power and prolongs the action of muscles, and increases the rate and depth of breathing. It is synthesized by the methylation of norepinephrine.[ ISBN:0192801023 ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As "adrenaline metabolic process" ; "adrenaline metabolism" ; "epinephrine metabolism"
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biogenic amine metabolic process________________
catechol-containing compound metabolic process__|
                                                catecholamine metabolic process
                                                 |__epinephrine metabolic process
                                                     |__epinephrine biosynthetic process
                                                     |__epinephrine catabolic process
                                                         |__norepinephrine-epinephrine catabolic process in blood stream
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    "adrenaline metabolism" EXACT
    "epinephrine metabolism" EXACT
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