L-dopa is a drug to cure which disease?

L-dopa is a drug to cure which disease?
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Parkinson's disease
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The rate limiting step in catecholamine synthesis is catalysed by (A) Phenylalanine hydroxylase (B) Tyrosine hydroxylase (C) Dopa decarboxylase (D) Phenylethanolamine N-methyl transferase

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An enzyme involved in catabolism of catecholamines is (A) Dopa decarboxylase (B) Aromatic amino acid decarboxylase (C) Monoamine oxidase (D) Catechol oxidas

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Immediate precursor of epinephrine is (A) Metanephrine (B) Norepinephrine (C) Dopa (D) Dopamine

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In the synthetic pathway of epinephrine, disulfiram (antabuse) inhibits the enzyme: (A) Tyrosine hydroxylase (B) Dopamine β-hydroxylase (C) DOPA decarboxylase (D) N-methyl transferase

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For Catecholamine biosynthesis the rate limiting enzyme is (A) DOPA decarboxylase (B) DOPAMINE β-hydroxylase (C) Tyrosine hydroxylase (D) Phenylalanine hydroxylase

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Following events occur in the cytoplasm and not inside storage vesicles, except (a) Conversion of tyrosine to dopa (b) Conversion of dopa to dopamine (c) Conversion of dopamine to norepinephrine (d) Conversion of dopamine to 3,4 dihydroxy phenyl acetic acid

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