 alpha-Methyltyrosine
"alpha-Methyltyrosine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An inhibitor of the enzyme TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE, and consequently of the synthesis of catecholamines. It is used to control the symptoms of excessive sympathetic stimulation in patients with PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA. (Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D019805
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.125.072.050.875.485.050
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| Concept/Terms |
alpha-Methyltyrosine- alpha-Methyltyrosine
- alpha Methyltyrosine
- alpha-Methyl-para-tyrosine
- alpha Methyl para tyrosine
- alpha-MPT
- alpha MPT
- alpha-Methyl-p-tyrosine
- alpha Methyl p tyrosine
Metyrosine- Metyrosine
- alpha-Methyltyrosine, (L)-Isomer
- Metirosine
Racemetirosine- Racemetirosine
- alpha-Methyltyrosine, (D,L)-Isomer
- alpha-Methyltyrosine, (+,-)-Isomer
- DL-Tyrosine, alpha-methyl-
- alpha-methyl- DL-Tyrosine
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Below are the most recent publications written about "alpha-Methyltyrosine" by people in Profiles.
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Wachtel H, Kennedy EH, Zaheer S, Bartlett EK, Fishbein L, Roses RE, Fraker DL, Cohen DL. Preoperative Metyrosine Improves Cardiovascular Outcomes for Patients Undergoing Surgery for Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2015 Dec; 22 Suppl 3:S646-54.
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Longhurst JG, Carpenter LL, Epperson CN, Price LH, McDougle CJ. Effects of catecholamine depletion with AMPT (alpha-methyl-para-tyrosine) in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Biol Psychiatry. 1999 Aug 15; 46(4):573-6.
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Bhaskaran D, Freed CR. Nucleus tractus solitarius: an evaluation by in vivo voltammetry. Life Sci. 1987 Jul 20; 41(3):323-31.
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Melchior CL, Tabakoff B. Modification of environmentally cued tolerance to ethanol in mice. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1981 Oct; 219(1):175-80.
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