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phenethylamine

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phenethylamine
a toxic substance in North American mistletoe, Phoradendron villosum.


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Later research has fleshed out the picture as follows (with apologies for inevitable simplification): the stage of attraction involves a cocktail of endogenous phenethylamine (PEA), norepinephirene, dopamine, and serotonin, while feelings of attachment or affiliation involve endorphins, oxytocin, and vasopressin.
There are alkaloids in chocolate - most notably phenethylamine and theobromine, both of which can have effects on human beings, and which are toxic to some animals such as dogs.
00 Hardcover QP563 Editor Watanabe offers the results of new research in dopamine, a phenethylamine produced naturally in the human body that serves as a neurotransmitter in the brain.
 
 
 
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