KROK 1 2015 – Question 24 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
To an emergency ward a 7-year-old child was delivered in the condition of allergic shock caused by a bee sting. High concentration of histamine is observed in blood. Production of this amine is the result of the following reaction:
- A. Deaminization
- B. Reduction
- C. Dehydrogenation
- D. Hydroxylation
- E. Decarboxylation
Hint
Ask which type of chemical reaction converts an amino acid into the corresponding biogenic amine.
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