Phenolsulfotransferase in Mental Health Research

Front Matter....Pages i-xii Phenolsulphotransferases: General Introduction....Pages 1-7 Phenol Sulphotransferase in Human Platelet and other Tissues: Endogenous Inhibitors, Assay Conditions, Tissue and Substrate Correlations....Pages 8-28 Sulfation of MHPG and some other Substrates by Human Platelet Phenolsulfotransferase, PST....Pages 29-43 Monoamine Sulphoconjugation by Human Platelets....Pages 44-54 Phenol Sulfotransferase: Purification and Characterization of the Rat Brain Enzyme....Pages 55-73 Characterization of Human Brain Phenol Sulfotransferase....Pages 74-85 Selective Inhibition of Sulfation in Vivo....Pages 86-97 Phenolsulphotransferase in Human Tissue: Evidence for Multiple Forms....Pages 98-126 The Availability of Inorganic Sulfate for Sulfate Conjugation in Vivo....Pages 127-144 Phenolsulfotransferase Activity and Levels of Catecholamine Sulfates in Rat Brain Tissues....Pages 145-151 In Vivo and in Vitro Efflux of Conjugated Amines into Superfusates from Discrete Areas of the Central Nervous System of Cats and Rats....Pages 152-163 Conjugated Dopamine in Human Ventricular Fluid....Pages 164-174 Catecholamine Sulfates and Platelet Phenolsulfotransferase (PST) Activity in Human Hypertension....Pages 175-185 Clinical Studies on Platelet Phenolsulphotransferase....Pages 186-206 Back Matter....Pages 207-225