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Vanillyl mandelic acid (VMA), official name: hydroxy(4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-phenyl)acetic acid formula: C9H10O5

It is an end-stage metabolite of epinephrine and norepinephrine, the catecholamines.

Urinary VMA is elevated in patients with tumors that secrete catecholamines

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