Catechol O-Methyltransferase Inhibitors
"Catechol O-Methyltransferase Inhibitors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Compounds and drugs that inhibit or block the activity of CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE enzymes. Drugs in this class are used in management of central nervous system disorders such as PARKINSON DISEASE.
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D065098
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.519.389.237 D27.505.954.427.090.050.500
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Metabolism of [3H]2-hydroxyestradiol by cultured porcine granulosa cells: evidence for the presence of a catechol-O-methyltransferase pathway and a direct stimulatory effect of 2-methoxyestradiol on progesterone production. Biol Reprod. 1987 Apr; 36(3):562-71.