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Encyclopedia: Prodrug

A prodrug is a pharmacological substance (drug) which is administered in an inactive (or significantly less active) form. Once administered, the prodrug is metabolised in vivo into the active compound.

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How to say "Prodrug" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	前体药物
	(German)	Prodrug
	(Italian)	Profarmaco

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L-DOPA

L-DOPA (levodopa, 3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine). As a drug it is used to treat parkinsonism. L-DOPA is able to pass the blood-brain barrier as a prodrug and is decarboxylated in the brain to the neurotransmitter dopamine by the enzyme aromatic-L-amino-acid decarboxylase. In this way, L-DOPA can...

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Fosinopril

prodrug and is converted in vivo to the active form fosinoprilat...

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Enalapril

enalaprilat with ethanol to produce enalapril . As a prodrug, enalapril is metabolised in vivo to...

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AZT

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