[Medico-biological aspects of biochemistry of amines and other nitrogen bases].

The art-of-the-state and possible perspectives for studies of the properties of amine oxidases which are medically significant are briefly outlined. Due to the studies conducted at the Research Institute of Biomedical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, the authors discuss the results of studies of the following three problems: 1) modified catalytic properties of amine oxidases in experimental intoxications and abnormalities; 2) natural modulators of amine oxidases; 3) synthetic modulators of amine oxidases.