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Volume : 6, Issue : 1, Year : 2024
Article Page : 7-11
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ctppc.2024.003
Abstract
Catechol being a versatile pharmacophore, used in medicine as a molecular group in adjunction with other moieties and functional groups. The versatile pharmacophore has rendered several useful pharmaceuticals so far. The major medicines or the pharmaceutical drugs containing catechol moiety include levodopa, carbidopa, and several others. The FDA approved pharmaceutical preparations have been highlighted and reviewed in this paper.
Keywords: Catechol, Carbidopa, Levodopa, Marketed preparations, Medicines, Medicinal chemistry
How to cite : Gopiwad P, Medicinal chemistry of catechol, a versatile pharmacophore. Curr Trends Pharm Pharm Chem 2024;6(1):7-11
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