Melevodopa
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| Systematic (IUPAC) name | |
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| methyl (2S)-2-amino-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)propanoate | |
| Clinical data | |
| Pregnancy cat. | ? |
| Legal status | ? |
| Identifiers | |
| CAS number | 7101-51-1 |
| ATC code | N04BA04 |
| PubChem | CID 23497 |
| ChemSpider | 21968 |
| UNII | M30686U4X4 |
| KEGG | D07304 |
| Chemical data | |
| Formula | C10H13NO4 |
| Mol. mass | 211.215 g/mol |
| SMILES | eMolecules & PubChem |
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Melevodopa is a dopaminergic agent. It is the methyl ester of levodopa. It is used in tablet form as an effervescent prodrug with 250 times higher water solubility compared to tablet levodopa.[1]
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