different between monoamide vs monoamine

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mono- +? amide

monoamide (plural monoamides)

(organic chemistry) Any compound that has a single amide group (especially when derived from a compound having multiple carboxylic acid groups)

mono- +? -amine

monoamine (plural monoamines)

(chemistry, biochemistry) Any compound having a single amino functional group, especially a neurotransmitter.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 167:
  Dopamine and norepinephrine are so-called monoamines.
- 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2001, p. 55:
  The first effective drugs used to treat clinical depression were compounds that act by enhancing the activity of chemicals known as monoamines in the brain.

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