Because of its simplicity the method is well suited for determining the inhibition of aromatic amino acid decarboxylase in vivo. It has the additional advantage of measuring the effect of decarboxylase inhibitors in situ rather than in homogenates prepared from a single organ. The method in its present form does not assay the inhibition of decarboxylase in the central nervous system.
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