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لوودوپا
Sign in to saveAlso known as 3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine, Sinemet®, L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine, 3-Hydroxy-L-tyrosine, β-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-L-alanine, Levodopa, Levodopum, β-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)alanine
-DOPA, also known as -3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine and used medically as levodopa, is made and used as part of the normal biology of some plants and animals, including humans. Humans, as well as a portion of the other animals that utilize -DOPA, make it via biosynthesis from the amino acid -tyrosine.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C9H11NO4
- Molecular weight
- 197.19 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- (2S)-2-amino-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid
- SMILES
- C1=CC(=C(C=C1C[C@@H](C(=O)O)N)O)O
- InChIKey
- WTDRDQBEARUVNC-LURJTMIESA-N
- XLogP
- -2.7
- Polar surface area
- 104 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 4
- H-bond acceptors
- 5
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 197.069
- Has use
- medication
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- chemical formula
- C₉H₁₁NO₄
- Commons category
- Levodopa
- medical condition treated
- Parkinson's disease
- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC(=C(C=C1CC(C(=O)O)N)O)O
- isomeric SMILES
- C1=CC(=C(C=C1C[C@@H](C(=O)O)N)O)O
- found in taxon
- broad bean
- World Health Organisation international non-proprietary name
- levodopa
- defined daily dose
- 3.5
- MCN code
- 3003.90.45
- significant drug interaction
- (−)-selegiline
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