General description
Dopamine (DA) works as a neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. It is a catecholamine made from the amino acid L-tyrosine. It also works as a hormone in the vesicles of the adrenal medulla, thereby controlling heart beat rate and blood pressure. The Absence of DA-containing neurons is associated with Parkinson’s disease.
Application
Dopamine hydrochloride has been used:
- to study dopamine-mediated transient modulation of the physiological responses in white leg shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei.
- to study dopamine-mediated changes in immunity susceptibility to Lactococcus garvieae in the freshwater giant prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii.
- to study the molecular link between dopamine-induced oxidative stress and mHtt (mutant Huntingtin) toxicity in relation to the activation of the autophagy pathway in an ‘in vitro’ model of parkinsonian Huntington′s Disease.
- as a substrate of the prophenoloxidase (PPO) cascade reaction in the anti-microbial assay targeting methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the biofilm phase.
- added exogenously to the culture medium to study its effect on H. contortus female worms.
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Caution
Light sensitive
- UPC:
- 51392412
- Condition:
- New
- Weight:
- 1.00 Ounces
- HazmatClass:
- No
- WeightUOM:
- LB
- MPN:
- H8502-10G
