Metanephrine

Metanephrine
Names
	IUPAC name 4-(1-hydroxy-2-methylamino-ethyl)-2-methoxy-phenol
Identifiers
CAS Number	5001-33-2 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChEMBL	ChEMBL775 ;
ChemSpider	19844 ;
IUPHAR/BPS	6644;
MeSH	Metanephrine
PubChem CID	21100;
UNII	1ZE0530JEJ ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID80863478 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C10H15NO3/c1-11-6-9(13)7-3-4-8(12)10(5-7)14-2/h3-5,9,11-13H,6H2,1-2H3 Key: JWJCTZKFYGDABJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N ; InChI=1/C10H15NO3/c1-11-6-9(13)7-3-4-8(12)10(5-7)14-2/h3-5,9,11-13H,6H2,1-2H3 Key: JWJCTZKFYGDABJ-UHFFFAOYAB;
	SMILES Oc1ccc(cc1OC)C(O)CNC;
Properties
Chemical formula	C10H15NO3
Molar mass	197.231 g/mol
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). verify (what is ?) Infobox references

Metanephrine, also known as metadrenaline, is a metabolite of epinephrine (also known as adrenaline) created by action of catechol-O-methyl transferase on epinephrine. An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, 2002, indicated that the measurement of plasma free levels of the metanephrines group of molecules (including metanephrine and normetanephrine) is the best tool in the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma, an adrenal medullary neoplasm.^[1]

^ 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. doi:10.1001/jama.287.11.1427. PMID 11903030. Free full text with registration