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What (who) is dopa - definition

COMPOSTO QUÍMICO
L-dopa; L-Dopa; L-DOPA; 3,4-Diidroxifenilalanina

dopa      
sf Quím Aminoácido cristalino \[(HO)2C6H3CH2CH(NH2)COOH\], encontrado em várias frutas e legumes. Forma-se como produto intermediário na oxidação de tirosina por oxidases, que origina pigmentos escuros, como a melanina.
dopado      
adj (part de dopar) Que se dopou.
dopa      
s.f. ( -sXX )
-farm aminoácido (C 9 H 11 NO 4 ) encontrado em sementes, cascas e favas de plantas do gênero Vicia , us. em medicina no tratamento do mal de Parkinson
-etim red. do ing. d ihydr o xy - + p henyl a lanineVCI (1917) 'id.'

Wikipedia

Levodopa

A Levodopa ou L-DOPA é um fármaco do grupo dos antiparkinsónicos, que é usado no tratamento das síndromes parkinsonianas; e na ambliopia irreversível.

Examples of use of dopa
1. To date, the most commonly used Parkinsons drug has been L–Dopa, which only controls the symptoms for most patients.
2. The Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA) wants to limit the access paedophiles have to networking sites which have become hugely popular with young people.
3. In 1'6' the neurologist Dr Oliver Sacks used the then new drug L–Dopa to awaken a group of catatonic patients who had survived the 1'17–1'28 epidemic of the mysterious "sleeping disease", known as encephalitis lethargica.
4. The deleting online predators act (DOPA), which was passed by an overwhelming majority in the House of Representatives last week, had been expected to go before the Senate this week, but opponents appeared yesterday to have postponed the battle there until next month.
5. It has now been proved that tamoxifen can also prevent breast cancer in high–risk women. '. Parkinson‘s disease Parkinson‘s Disease, which causes slowness and absence of movement as well as tremor and rigidity, can be treated with the drug l–dopa, but its initial effects do not last.