Title: noradrenaline
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - noradrenaline
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.11020
Status: current

Definition
Catecholamine hormone acting as a postganglionic adrenergic mediator at $\ce{\upalpha\!\mbox{-}}$ and $\ce{\upbeta\!\mbox{-}adrenergic}$ receptors.

Notes
1) Noradrenaline is also stored in, and released from, chromaffin granules in the adrenal medulla (see adrenal gland).
2) Noradrenaline has strong vasoconstrictive effects.

Related Terms
- adrenal gland: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10344
- chromaffin: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10522
- hormone: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10810

Source
- PAC, 2016, 88, 713. 'Glossary of terms used in developmental and reproductive toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 785 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-1202)

Other Outputs
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- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11020/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11020/xml

Citation: Citation: 'noradrenaline' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.11020
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