3,4-Dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine

Application

3,4-Dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine or L-DOPA has been used to stain melanocytes. It has also been used to study its effects on a Drosophila model of Parkinson’s disease.

Packaging

5, 25, 100, 500 g in poly bottle

Biochem/physiol Actions

3,4-Dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine or L-DOPA is a natural isomer of the immediate precursor of dopamine that crosses the blood-brain barrier. It is used for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease  and is a product of tyrosine hydroxylase.

Features and Benefits

This compound is also offered as part of Sigma′s Library of Pharmacologically Active Compounds (LOPAC^®1280), a biologically annotated collection of high-quality, ready-to-screen compounds.