veresooni ahendav, vererõhku tõstev ja vere suhkrusisaldust suurendav neerupealise säsi hormoon; valmistatakse ka sünteetiliselt
a hormone, produced by the medulla of the adrenal glands, that increases heart activity, improves the power and prolongs the action of muscles, and increases the rate and depth of breathing to prepare the body for ‘fright, flight, or fight’
Although widely referred to as adrenaline outside of the United States and among the lay public worldwide, the United States Approved Name (USAN) and International Nonproprietary Name (INN) for this chemical is epinephrine because adrenaline bears too much similarity to the Parke, Davis & Co trademark adrenalin (without the „e“), which was registered in the United States. The British Approved Name (BAN) and European Pharmacopoeia (EP) term for this chemical is adrenaline, and is indeed now one of the few differences between the INN and BAN systems of names.
