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SUBMITTER: Olatunji FP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7654512 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Olatunji Feyisola P FP Kesic Brittany N BN Choy Cindy J CJ Berkman Clifford E CE
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 20190805 18
l-Dopa has continued to be a mainstay in the symptomatic treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, extensive peripheral metabolism, a short systemic circulation half-life and development of motor complications called dyskinesia prevents its long-term utilization as a PD therapeutic. Herein, we report a series of phosphoramidate derivatives of l-Dopa and controlled release of l-Dopa at pH 7.4 and 3. The kinetic data for the release of l-Dopa support our hypothesis that a proximal carboxylic ...[more]