In your answer above,carbidopa achieves this by virtue of two properties,namely:
A) inhibits the breakdown of dopamine; readily crosses the blood-brain barrier.
B) inhibits the breakdown of dopamine; does not cross the blood-brain barrier.
C) inhibits the breakdown of levadopa; readily crosses the blood-brain barrier.
D) inhibits the breakdown of levadopa; does not cross the blood-brain barrier.
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Q11: The precursor of levadopa is:
A)dopamine.
B)dopa decarboxylase.
C)tyramine.
D)tyrosine.
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Q16: The enzyme dopa decarboxylase:
A)inhibits the conversion of
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