"Dihydroxyphenylalanine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A beta-hydroxylated derivative of phenylalanine. The D-form of dihydroxyphenylalanine has less physiologic activity than the L-form and is commonly used experimentally to determine whether the pharmacological effects of LEVODOPA are stereospecific.
| Descriptor ID |
D004295
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.092.311.200 D12.125.072.050.685.400 D12.125.072.050.875.130
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| Concept/Terms |
Dihydroxyphenylalanine- Dihydroxyphenylalanine
- beta-Hydroxytyrosine
- beta Hydroxytyrosine
- 3-Hydroxy-DL-tyrosine
- 3 Hydroxy DL tyrosine
- 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine
- 3,4 Dihydroxyphenylalanine
- Dopa
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dihydroxyphenylalanine" by people in Profiles.
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Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency diagnosed by clinical metabolomic profiling of plasma. Mol Genet Metab. 2015 Jun-Jul; 115(2-3):91-4.
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Functional decline in Parkinson disease. Arch Neurol. 2001 Oct; 58(10):1611-5.
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Effects of repeated nicotine pre-treatment on mesoprefrontal dopaminergic and behavioral responses to acute footshock stress. Brain Res. 1998 Aug 10; 801(1-2):36-49.
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The effect of oxygen on melanin precursors released from retinal pigment epithelial cells in vitro. Pigment Cell Res. 1992 Dec; 5(6):379-86.
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The use of L-DOPA in the diagnosis of hyposomatotropism in children. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1973 Jan; 36(1):42-6.