The papers in this volume are the invited lectures at the Second
Workshop on Amine Oxidases held at the Biomedical Center, Uppsala
University, 2 to 4 August 1986. It was a great pleasure for the
organizers to see, in Uppsala, so many old and new friends, all brought
together by our common interest in the fascinating field of Amine
Oxidases. The Workshop was the successor of a long row of successful
predecessors to start with the 1972 meeting in Cagliari, Sardinia, and
recently preceded by the first meeting of Workshop design, held in
Cambridge 1984. Several of the previous meetings have been dedicated to
distinguished senior research workers within the field. To start this
Workshop a memorial lecture was given. This lecture, given by Prof. T.
P. Singer, was dedicated to the late Prof. K. Kamijo, who was one of the
pioneers of what is now worldwide interest in Amine Oxidases and who
organized the superb meeting in Hakone 1981. To the great honour of all
the participants the family of the late Prof. Kamijo visited the
Workshop. Abstracts of all the presentations have been published as a
Supplement of Acta Pharmacologica et Toxicologica (Copenhagen).