| 单词 |
dopa |
| 释义 |
dopa Chem. and Biochem.|ˈdəʊpə|
Also DOPA.
[a. G. dopa (B. Bloch 1917, in Arch. f. Dermatol. und Syphilis CXXIV. 132), f. the initial letters of the formative elements of dioxyphenylalanine, a former name of the compound.]
3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine, C9H11NO4, a crystalline amino-acid which occurs naturally (not as a constituent of proteins) and is used in the treatment of Parkinsonism; in man it is a precursor of noradrenaline and of melanin, being formed by the oxidation of tyrosine in the nerves and adrenal medulla.
1917Jrnl. Chem. Soc. CXII. i. 675 When a frozen section of..skin is treated with a 1{pmil} solution of 3:4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (termed ‘dopa’), oxidation and condensation occur with the formation of a..pigment (dopamelanin)..owing to the action of an..enzyme, dopaoxydase. 1923Nature 3 Nov. 675/1 The presence of ‘dopa’ (3,4-dioxyphenylalanin) in the cocoons of night-butterflies and sawflies causes spontaneous formation of melanine when water is admitted. 1956Ibid. 3 Mar. 430/2 The mechanism of formation of melanin pigments in insects may be as follows: Phenylalanine → tyrosine → dopa → dopaquinone..→ dopachrome, [etc.]. 1962J. H. Burn Drugs, Med. & Man xi. 115 There are..substances which can pass through the blood-brain barrier..easily. One of these is the substance out of which noradrenaline is made. It is called dihydroxyphenylalanine, and is known as dopa for short. 1968J. W. T. Dickerson in Davison & Dobbing Appl. Neurochem. ii. 61 The conversion of tyrosine to DOPA is probably mainly a non-enzymic one. 1970Nature 4 Apr. 21/1 During the past decade a new approach to Parkinsonism has evolved, culminating in the introduction of l-dopa. 1970Daily Tel. 8 Sept. 3/3 General practitioners in the London postal area can now prescribe L-Dopa for patients with Parkinson's disease. |
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