See Also: dopa(dictionary)
Dopa(health)
Dopa(medicine)
l-dopa(medicine)
Dopa decarboxylase(health)
dopa reaction(medicine)
dopa quinone(medicine)
dopa oxidase(medicine)
dopa decarboxylase(medicine)
L-dopa peroxidase(medicine)

dopa (iou)



dopa noun. E20.
[German, from initial letters of DI-2 + OXY- + PHENYL + ALANINE.]
An amino acid formed from tyrosine in the nerves and adrenal medulla as a precursor of dopamine, and given (as L-dopa) in the treatment of Parkinsonism; dihydroxyphenylalanine, C9H11NO4.
L-dopa the laevorotary form of dopa, levodopa.