Science, Vol 191, Issue 4232, 1179-1180
Copyright © 1976 by American Association for the Advancement of Science
Formation of cyanamides from secondary amines in human saliva
JS Wishnok
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Tannenbaum SR
1-Morpholinocarbonitrile (1-cyanomorpholine) was formed from morpholine when this amine was incubated in whole human saliva. Several other secondary amines appeared to form analogous products, and this transformation may therefore represent a general metabolic pathway for amines in saliva.