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Levodopa

CAS Number

59-92-7

Synonym

beta-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-L-alanine; Hydroxytyrosine; H-Tyr(3-hydroxy)-oh; L-beta-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)alanine; L-DOPA; L-DOPA, L-3-hydoxytyrosine; L-3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine; (S)-2-Amino-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid

Occurrence/Use

Medicine (treatment of Parkinson's disease and dopamine-responsive dystonia); endogenous in some plants and animals

Levodopa

Proposition 65

Chemical Status

Reproductive Toxicity: 
Currently listed

Reproductive Toxicity

Listed for: 
Developmental Toxicity
Developmental Toxicity
Date of Listing: 
01/29/1999
Basis for Listing: 
Formally Required

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