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ELECTRON-TRANSFER reactions between organic substances have often been implicated in various biological processes1–3. Recently, Karreman, Isenberg and Szent-Györgi4 have suggested that certain central sympathetic suppressants act by donating electrons on the inside of the electric double layer of the central nervous system. A consequence of this hypothesis would be that pharmacologically active substances should possess relatively low ionization potentials.
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LYONS, L., MACKIE, J. Electron-donating Properties of Central Sympathetic Suppressants. Nature 197, 589 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197589a0
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