Compound Information | SONAR Target prediction |
Name: | L-Dopa |
Unique Identifier: | LAT005E02 |
MolClass: | Checkout models in ver1.5 and ver1.0 |
Molecular Formula: | C9H11NO4 |
Molecular Weight: | 186.101 g/mol |
X log p: | 5.387 (online calculus) |
Lipinksi Failures | 1 |
TPSA | 17.07 |
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: | 0 |
Hydrogen Bond Acceptors Count: | 5 |
Rotatable Bond Count: | 3 |
Canonical Smiles: | NC(Cc1ccc(O)c(O)c1)C(O)=O |
Generic_name: | Levodopa |
Chemical_iupac_name: | 2-amino-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-propanoic acid |
Drug_type: | Approved Drug |
Pharmgkb_id: | PA450213 |
Kegg_compound_id: | C00355 |
Drugbank_id: | APRD00309 |
Melting_point: | 276-278 oC |
H2o_solubility: | 5000 mg/L |
Logp: | -2.244 |
Isoelectric_point: | 2.32 |
Cas_registry_number: | 59-92-7 |
Mass_spectrum: | http://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/cbook.cgi?Spec=C59927&Index=0&Type=Mass&Large=on |
Drug_category: | Dopamine Agents; Antiparkinson Agents; Antidyskinetics; ATC:N04BA01; ATC:N04BA04 |
Indication: | For the treatment of idiopathic Parkinson-s disease (Paralysis Agitans), postencephalitic parkinsonism, symptomatic parkinsonism which may follow injury to the nervous system by carbon monoxide intoxication, and manganese intoxication. |
Pharmacology: | Levodopa (L-dopa) is used to replace dopamine lost in Parkinson-s disease because dopamine itself cannot cross the blood-brain barrier where its precursor can. However, L-DOPA is converted to dopamine in the periphery as well as in the CNS, so it is administered with a peripheral DDC (dopamine decarboxylase) inhibitor such as carbidopa, without which 90% is metabolised in the gut wall, and with a COMT inhibitor if possible; this prevents about a 5% loss. The form given therapeutically is therefore a prodrug which avoids decarboxylation in the stomach and periphery, can cross the blood-brain barrier, and once in the brain is converted to the neurotransmitter dopamine by the enzyme aromatic-L-amino-acid decarboxylase. |
Mechanism_of_action: | Striatal dopamine levels in symptomatic Parkinson-s disease are decreased by 60 to 80%, striatal dopaminergic neurotransmission may be enhanced by exogenous supplementation of dopamine through administration of dopamine-s precursor, levodopa. A small percentage of each levodopa dose crosses the blood-brain barrier and is decarboxylated to dopamine. This newly formed dopamine then is available to stimulate dopaminergic receptors, thus compensating for the depleted supply of endogenous dopamine. |
Organisms_affected: | Humans and other mammals |