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Organic Chemicals > Hydrazines > Carbidopa
... > Organic Chemicals > Amines > Catecholamines > Dihydroxyphenylalanine > Methyldopa > Carbidopa
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Cyclic > Hydrocarbons, Aromatic > Benzene Derivatives > Phenols > Catechols > Catecholamines > Dihydroxyphenylalanine > Methyldopa > Carbidopa
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Amino Acids > Amino Acids, Cyclic > Amino Acids, Aromatic > Tyrosine > Dihydroxyphenylalanine > Methyldopa > Carbidopa
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Amino Acids > Amino Acids, Essential > Phenylalanine > Dihydroxyphenylalanine > Methyldopa > Carbidopa
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Amino Acids > Amino Acids, Cyclic > Amino Acids, Aromatic > Phenylalanine > Dihydroxyphenylalanine > Methyldopa > Carbidopa

Preferred term

Carbidopa  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An inhibitor of DOPA DECARBOXYLASE that prevents conversion of LEVODOPA to dopamine. It is used in PARKINSON DISEASE to reduce peripheral adverse effects of LEVODOPA. It has no anti-parkinson activity by itself.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 28860-95-9 ((S)-isomer)
  • 28875-92-5 ((R)-isomer)
  • 38821-49-7 (Carbidopa)
  • Benzenepropanoic acid, alpha-hydrazino-3,4-dihydroxy-alpha-methyl-, monohydrate, (S)-
  • Methyldopahydrazine
  • MNX7R8C5VO

Allowable Qualifier(s)

Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • Carbidopa

    French

  • 28860-95-9 ((S)-isomer)
  • 28875-92-5 ((R)-isomer)
  • 38821-49-7 (Carbidopa)
  • Benzenepropanoic acid, alpha-hydrazino-3,4-dihydroxy-alpha-methyl-, monohydrate, (S)-
  • MNX7R8C5VO

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-GT30GCW7-4

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