Effects of inhibitors during eye indoleamine maturation.

Abstract 1. 1. The eye of CFW albino strain mice were measured in vitro for 5-hydroxytryptophan decarboxylase (5-HTPD) and monoamine oxidase (MAO) following intraperitoneal acute exposure to enzymatic inhibitor drugs. 2. 2. The ability to inhibit 5-HTPD in the eye increases as the animal matures being greatest at 8 weeks postpartum. 3. 3. The ability to inhibit MAO in the eye increases as the animal matures being greatest at 2 weeks or 8 weeks depending upon the drug used.