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THE phenol and indole acids of human urine have been examined following the ingestion of bananas or coffee. Bananas were tested because of a report that they contain serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine and possibly 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine1. Coffee was investigated because of an observation that vanillic acid is excreted following the ingestion of caffeic acid, but not coffee2, and a suggestion that the excretion of vanillic acid may be related to norepinephrine metabolism and stress3.
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SHAW, K., TREVARTHEN, J. Exogenous Sources of Urinary Phenol and Indole Acids. Nature 182, 797–798 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182797a0
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