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Carbidopa

Catalog No. S1891 Name Selleck Chemicals
CAS Number 28860-95-9 Website http://www.selleckchem.com
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Storage -20°C Chembase ID: 75

SYNONYMS

IUPAC name
(2S)-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-hydrazinyl-2-methylpropanoic acid
IUPAC Traditional name
carbidopa
Synonyms
Lodosyn

DATABASE IDS

CAS Number 28860-95-9

PROPERTIES

Salt Data Free Base
Storage Condition -20°C

DETAILS

Description (English)
Research Area: Neurological Disease
Biological Activity:
Carbidopa is an aromatic-L-amino-acid decarboxylase inhibitor with an IC50 of 29 ± 2 μM. [1] It increases the plasma half-life of levodopa from 50 minutes to 1½ hours. CarbiDOPA cannot cross the blood brain barrier, so it inhibits only peripheral DDC. It thus prevents the conversion of L-DOPA to dopamine peripherally. This reduces the side effects caused by dopamine on the periphery,besides, it increases the concentration of L-DOPA and dopamine in the brain. [2]

REFERENCES

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbidopa