Posted by GWA on June 29, 2007, at 13:22:45
In reply to Re: Nothing suggests Vitamin b destroys Nardil » GWA, posted by Honore on June 29, 2007, at 10:10:01
Honore, Nardil is a hydrazine. It reacts with pyridoxal phosphate to form a hydrazone. When two chemicals react they produce one or more chemicals which is/are not the same as the original chemicals. Phenelzine and pyridoxal phosphate disappear, a hydrozone appears (perhaps with other compounds). "Phenelzine may react with pyridoxal 5'-phosphate to yield a metabolically inactive hydrazone compound", apart from the "may", is saying just this. It also says that a hydrozone is metabolically inactive: it doesn't do anything to you, like inhibit MAO.
Likewise, "carbonyl reactive reagents... react with the aldehyde group of PP [pyridoxal phosphate]... These agents include hydrazines, which form hydrazones (examples [include] phenelzine" is perfectly clear, and the main subject of the article doesn't change it's meaning.
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