Product name:Human VMA ELISA Kit
Description:
Vanillyl mandelic acid (VMA) is an end-stage metabolite of epinephrine and norepinephrine, the catecholamines. VMA is found in the urine, along with other catecholamine metabolites, including homovanillic acid (HVA), metanephrine and normetanephrine.Urinary VMA is elevated in patients with tumors that secrete catecholamines. These urinalysis tests are used to diagnose an adrenal gland tumor called pheochromocytoma, a tumor of catecholamine-secreting chromaffin cells. These tests may also be used to diagnose neuroblastomas, and to monitor treatment of these conditions.