dopa

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do⋅pa

[doh-puh]

–noun Biochemistry.

an amino acid, C₉H₁₁NO₄, formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.

Compare levodopa.

Origin:
< G Dopa (1917), contr. of 3, 4- Dioxyphenylanin; see di- ¹ , oxy-, phenylalinine

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do·pa (dō'pə)

n. An amino acid, C₉H₁₁NO₄, formed in the liver from tyrosine and converted to dopamine in the brain.

[d(ihydr)o(xy)p(henyl)a(lanine).]

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Main Entry: do·pa
Pronunciation: 'dO-p&, -(")pä
Function: noun
: an amino acid C₉H₁₁NO₄ that in thelevorotatory form is found in the broad bean and is used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease called also dihydroxyphenylalanine

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dopa do·pa (dō'pə)
n.
Dihydroxyphenylalanine; an amino acid formed in the liver from tyrosine and converted to dopamine in the brain.

Abbreviations & Acronyms

dopa
dihydroxy-phenylalanine

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